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in a provocative manner

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Almost half of women avoid a profile of someone dressed provocatively or in their underwear, compared to just 18 per cent of men.
However, unfortunately, women are dressing provocatively, which is leading to deviation in society," Vijayvargiya had said.
Yes, Miss F performed Hajj this year , which is a religious pilgrimage to Mecca required by all Muslims, and once they've returned from this journey they're supposed to follow all the other rules set by Islam, such as not dressing provocatively.
It said a small group of fans gathered in the West Stand car park after the match and "chanted provocatively" among "a congested crowd that were dispersing in an orderly manner".
She's blaming Britney for kids dressing provocatively at school.
I was also shocked to read in one newspaper diary column that she had "form for dressing provocatively in inappropriate locations".
Would the Attorney-general have asked for a pardon from the president on behalf of an unknown businessman who had been put inside for provocatively violating a court order?
Pioneering cricket historian Dr Philippa Velija, pictured right, gave the provocatively titled talk They're all male chauvinistic chumps - Howzat for a view?
She poses provocatively in a short flowery skirt, cheekily sticks her tongue out with a pal and squeals with delight.
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli navy, which provocatively patrols the sea around the clock, opened fire and launched a number of missiles toward Palestinian fishing boats off the shores of Al-Sudaniyya and Al-Shati refugee camp.
Provocatively, Gadhafi exited his jet wearing a large picture of al-Mukhtar pinned to his chest.
There's an irreverence and fury here, and in some places, such as on the provocatively named "Jackbooted Guy on Guy Action," enough show of instrumentation to let the listener know that the band really does know what it's doing amid all this chaos.
Three Senegalese women who had spent a week in jail after they were arrested for dancing provocatively in a nightclub were released yesterday.
The government also intends provocatively to exhume Russian soldiers buried near the monument and re-inter them at the new site.