agitate
verb (used with object)
to move or force into violent, irregular action.
agitates
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present tense formof agitate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And this is kind of a shame, because the story agitates the brain far more than it does the stomach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Conversely, when researchers injected the rats with a substance that agitates the immune system, the inflammatory cytokine levels rapidly shot up.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Tinseltown, it seems, is in the midst of an AI boom — even as its creative class agitates for limits on how that technology gets deployed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
It’s work that agitates — even crowbars — its way into a heart.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021
“The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me,” she said.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
