agitate
verb (used with object)
to move or force into violent, irregular action.
had agitated
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past perfectof agitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And men had agitated to chop up that California into digestible pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
By World War II, however, the Indian National Congress had agitated for independence for almost sixty years.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Underscoring her clout, Pelosi won over a group of eight centrist Democrats in the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus who had agitated for procedural changes and threatened to withhold their votes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2018
Although Kelly had agitated for the removal of outgoing national security adviser H.R.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
Certain great questions, which had agitated the country for years, were settled, and settled for all time.
From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
