However, the fact remains that, given sufficient provocation, he will certainly try and very likely succeed.

Give me sufficient provocation and I'll have you thrown over the side too.

While they had sufficient provocation to do so, not a murmur has come from either of them.

"Tell me, Chairman Wenceslas-is that not a sufficient provocation to war?"

The threat against her life was sufficient provocation for her to break her promise.

Unless she had sufficient provocation, she decided to leave well enough alone.

A "miners' meeting" called on the spot, decided that the dog had sufficient provocation, and Buck was discharged.

To be fair, he had sufficient provocation much of the time.

I still don't think that is sufficient provocation, my Duke.

"That's bad, I know," said Jim, "but was it sufficient provocation for you to kill them?"