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
“He appeared to be agitated and angry,” Rosenwasser said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022
Police say officers found the suspect in a mall parking lot Sunday and he appeared to be agitated.
From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2019
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
The Lord said, "Men shall wither for terror and for awaiting the things which shall come over all the world: for the powers of heaven shall be agitated."
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham