agitatedly

Example Sentences

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Fumbling with a ballpoint pen and agitatedly clicking it, seeming with each click to adjust his calculation, he finally gripped it and wrote “180” on a small piece of paper.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

The low point of his personal election experience came when he found himself agitatedly firing up his laptop to live-tweet one of the presidential debates.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2016

He sighs, runs his hand agitatedly over his head.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2012

His music switches between acoustic ballads, rambunctious punk-folk, MOR rock and agitatedly introspective, scabrous rap, sometimes within a single song.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2011

They demanded explanations from his father, raised their arms to make their points, tugged agitatedly at their beards, and moved back towards their room quite slowly.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka