Example Sentences

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Along Venezuela’s eastern border, anticolonial leaders in what was then British Guiana were agitating for independence.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Just as American women were pressing for the right to vote, the women at Newnham were agitating for change too.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant publicly backed carpenters who were agitating against union leadership and criticized the no-strike agreements.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Back then the Australian Greek community supported Murray, Foley and other Aboriginal people who were agitating for the barks to stay in Australia.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2016

Her scalp tingled, as if the thoughts in her brain were agitating to get out: a statue...Athena...Greek and Roman, her nightmares, and her argument with her mom.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan