agitate
verb (used with object)
to move or force into violent, irregular action.
Example Sentences
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In both books, the reader advances from scene to scene as though balancing on a tightrope, blind to the wider contexts of events and agitatedly aware that disaster could occur at any moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
One man pushed past me with a backpack, shouting agitatedly about fried chicken.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The low point of his personal election experience came when he found himself agitatedly firing up his laptop to live-tweet one of the presidential debates.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2016
Ms. Rai spoke agitatedly about the infrequent garbage collection, overflowing sewers and the daily problems that women faced because there was no toilet in the slum.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2013
They demanded explanations from his father, raised their arms to make their points, tugged agitatedly at their beards, and moved back towards their room quite slowly.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
