be agitated
Example Sentences
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"I worry that if the patient appears to be agitated, you have to restrain them, but you cannot easily do it alone," she said.
From Reuters • Dec. 26, 2022
The prosecutor’s letter on Thursday said Walker was yelling, waving his hands and appeared to be agitated when he ran into the road.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
He keeps his arms crossed and though he still blames the chill of the practice facility, his body language suggests he may be agitated.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2018
But it suggests the ways in which ballet can be agitated and agitating, a space to process contemporary life, and maybe experience catharsis.
From New York Times • May 10, 2018
If we imagine that we are loved by a person we hate, we shall at the same time be agitated both by love and hatred.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph