agitate
verb (used with object)
to move or force into violent, irregular action.
is agitating
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present progressiveof agitate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Maybe the younger son is agitating his brother more than you realized.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
Amid talk that Mino Raiola is agitating a move for his client, Mr Pogba, the former Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand, has a message for Ed Woodward.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2018
“Football allows us to put immigration on stage, a question that is agitating European countries right now,” said Yvan Gastaut, a University of Nice historian who curated an exhibit on soccer and migration.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2018
If the very description of White’s jagged juxtapositions is agitating, their effect in the film is all the more energizing.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
"That's the very question that is agitating me," declared Dave Darrin, to whom these other members of the third class looked as a leader when there was a point involving class honor.
From Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
