agitate
verb (used with object)
to move or force into violent, irregular action.
will agitate
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future tenseof agitate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Other practical tips include not screaming, flapping your arms or swatting at wasps, as this will agitate them and make them more aggressive.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
The city also is looking at installing a 6- to 8-foot-tall fence along the river to address complaints that the passing bikers will agitate the dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Sources say there "is absolutely no chance" Rooney will agitate for a move from Old Trafford to Eastlands again next summer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2010
Solar irruptions of the coming two years, the maxima of cycles large and small, will agitate the solar magnetic field and produce upheavals on earth, including the biosphere.
From Time Magazine Archive
In our poor human nature, joy and sorrow often manifest themselves by the same symptoms; and a piece of good news will agitate us in the same way as a piece of bad news.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
