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
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 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
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
I say it would be impossible for any woman, unless she was either insane or insensible to her surroundings, not to be agitated under such circumstances.
From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Packard, Elizabeth Parsons Ware
