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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Martínez-Olguín said she inherited the case because she was already overseeing another lawsuit dealing with the merger — not because Paramount had agitated for a change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
That evening he never once alluded to the subject which had agitated him, and bade me "Good night" earlier than usual, wishing to relieve his fatigue by sleep.—I never saw him after.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
