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
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
He sighs, runs his hand agitatedly over his head.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2012
The others watched agitatedly, as if preparing to go after her, and I quickly cracked another and threw the kernel to distract them.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
