be agitated
Example Sentences
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"I worry that if the patient appears to be agitated, you have to restrain them, but you cannot easily do it alone," she said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2022
“He appeared to be agitated and angry,” Rosenwasser said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
It can have “hyperactive” or “hypoactive” features, meaning that patients may be agitated or drowsy, or may move between these states.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2020
The man is placated, but he’ll be agitated further when he happens upon her entertaining the aforementioned filmmaker.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
The subject of Temperance, in its present associated forms, had, at this time, just began to be agitated.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
