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agitation
noun as in shaking, mixing
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Example Sentences
In the article, campaign sources explain that Trump's newfound discipline unraveled as he succumbed to agitation over his campaign's cautious approach, advice from impatient allies like Corey Lewandowski and the aggravating itch of his natural impulses.
New legislation came in an attempt to stop this “agitation.”
Not long after Amazon officials got wind of the agitation, the retail giant canceled its contract with the company, forcing it to close and putting Singh and the others out of work.
"His agitation of stopping and starting the conversation was based on asking for Diet Cokes several times, or stopping to take a sip and then starting again, immediately stopping and taking another sip and then starting again, reading some of the scroll, and then asking for a new Coca-Cola, or needing a towel to wipe his head or something," she explained.
And so, at a time when anxiety arises from every direction, voters’ response to candidates is based primarily on policy ideas rather than on their ability to be reassuring, to soothe the feeling of agitation that arises from so much real worry, and to increasingly help them deny the reality of their suffering.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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