agitate

Example Sentences

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"Dashcam footage from Doyle's vehicle shows that as he approached Dale Street and Water Street, he became increasingly agitated by the crowds," she said.

From BBC

The zoo had to close down underwater walrus viewing because the presence of onlookers seemed to be agitating the animals.

From Seattle Times

“I was the one who was being verbally abused and also harassed,” he said, adding that the employee, whom he described as “agitated from the get-go,” grabbed the chips out of his hand.

From Los Angeles Times

The officers, guns up, entered the room as Rehn, clearly terrified and increasingly agitated, repeatedly asked what was happening.

From Seattle Times

As the Osage deaths start piling up, Scorsese uses a sickening, arrhythmic heartbeat idea that insistently thumps under the slow reign of terror with agitated harmonica solos.

From Los Angeles Times