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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

The prosecutor’s letter on Thursday said Walker was yelling, waving his hands and appeared to be agitated when he ran into the road.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022

It’s too small for instances when there will be multiple arrested people, some of whom will be agitated and distraught.

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2019

But it suggests the ways in which ballet can be agitated and agitating, a space to process contemporary life, and maybe experience catharsis.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

He was remarkably calm and self-poised through life, saying that a painter should never be agitated.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.




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