agitate

Example Sentences

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They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Extremes here agitate within sight of one another, often across a single property line, sometimes simply in the difference between what we have today and what we’re left with tomorrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

It appeared to agitate Cannon, who questioned the prosecution about why it was being brought up for the first time at the hearing.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2023

Ocelots and jaguars prowl the forest, and spider monkeys and black howlers agitate the canopy.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan