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
Red could be agitated, angry, frustrated, while blue could be tired, down, depressed.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 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
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
Jumble, jum′bl, v.t. to mix confusedly: to throw together without order.—v.i. to be mixed together confusedly: to be agitated: to jump at, to accept eagerly.—n. a confused mixture.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various