agitate
Example Sentences
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A pair of activist shareholders are agitating for big changes at travel companies just as spring and summer travel season is about to start.
From Barron's
Jackson continued to travel, agitate, protest, but the spotlight had moved on.
From Los Angeles Times
The firm has publicly agitated in recent months for Tripadvisor to explore a sale of TheFork, and to consider selling itself.
They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.
When I tried to insist, she became agitated, and I worried that would make her more ill.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
