agitator

Example Sentences

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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

Notorious far-right agitator Tommy Robinson and misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, who faces court cases in Britain and Romania, hail from the town, where about a third of residents are Muslim.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

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

Of course the agitator lost face and that was the end of that.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz