agitator

Example Sentences

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"I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work," she wrote.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

In a statement on X, Omar said: "I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Passion is the great agitator of social norms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Dan Timmer, who drove down that morning from Iowa City, where he was visiting family, joked he was coming in from the big city to be an agitator.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

Then my father smiled and winked at the crowd as if it were a huge joke that the agitator should be calling my father names while my father was right there behind him.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz