agitate

Example Sentences

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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

“He was very hyped up and agitated,” said Chamberlain, a Newport Beach resident who spends half the year in the bustling coastal town in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

From Los Angeles Times

A major work stoppage that has agitated the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider for nearly a month is set to end following productive negotiations, labor leaders said Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

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