agitate

Example Sentences

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Moments later he returned, circling the fire and talking agitated little grunt-whines.

From Literature

Buck Turgidson, one of the film’s most memorable characters, while agitating the president in the war room for a first strike against the Soviet Union.

From Salon

Two men who appeared agitated by the anti-Islam protesters have been arrested in connection with the devices.

From BBC

Huntley was agitated and emotional all the time I was at the home in College Close.

From BBC

If I wanted to watch a pair of agitated fortysomethings engage in a comically meaningless tangle, I would hit the parking lot at a travel soccer tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal