How to Use agitate in a Sentence

agitate

verb

• Some members of the union have been agitating for a strike.
• If I talk about the problem with him it just agitates him even more.
• The mixture is heated and then agitated.
• A few local residents have been agitating against a military presence.
• This makes two of the world’s top activist investors agitating for change.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 28 May 2018
• But then things got weird when Flea said the woman stuck her ski pole in his face, which agitated him.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
• Now tangled, even crazed, they are further agitated by more active uses of the ink.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• Their presence seemed to agitate some committee members.
  — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
• The updrafts lower the weight of the air at the surface, and this can agitate the ocean surface dramatically.
  — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
• Serrano says a patron who was in the line before her ordered his food in Spanish and that appeared to agitate the man in the video.
  — CBS News, 18 May 2018
• He was agitated by an eye injury, but gregarious, sliding an olive out of a martini and making quick work of a rare steak.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
• Fans inside Beer Works grew visibly agitated as the Celtics fell more and more behind in the fourth quarter.
  — J.d. Capelouto, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2018
• Participants would also have to be prepared to agitate, as the WPA unions did, for their concerns to be heard.
  — Livia Gershon, Longreads, 22 May 2018
• For his part, Henson used the publication of Stowe’s books to agitate for change in the United States.
  — Jared Brock, Smithsonian, 16 May 2018
• The tensions over who gets the high ground, and who gets to decide who gets the high ground, are agitating some historic residential neighborhoods like Bywater.
  — Anne Gisleson, Curbed, 23 May 2018
• In retaliation, Greg Porter took to stomping up and down the stairs outside Holbrook's apartment to agitate her.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2018
• Swearing him in might indeed have panicked capital markets, which are already agitated by the prospect of a populist partnership running the euro-zone’s third-largest economy.
  — The Economist, 28 May 2018
• The south has long been readier than the north to agitate against the strictures of caste.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2019
• Stay away from the area for a day or so as the treatment will agitate them.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• Dunk and agitate the pack, squeezing the straps and back panel foam again to get the soap out.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
• The shift has agitated some in a sport that is often slow to change.
  — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2019
• Submerge the tent in the water and gently agitate it with your hands to loosen dirt and grime.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
• Immerse the item in the clear water and gently agitate it with clean hands to rinse.
  — Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Oct. 2022
• Leaving her dog in the SUV, Woods allegedly went to the back of the trailer, shaking the hives to agitate the bees.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• Gently agitate the water and let the bathing suit soak for up to 30 minutes.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 21 June 2024
• Dust a tiny bit of salt and sugar over the vegetables and use a gloved hand to agitate the mixture.
  — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• To perform the chabrot, each diner pools wine into their plate at the end of the meal, agitates the wine with a fork to degrease the plate, then drinks the wine.
  — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2020
• In Myanmar, both sides have come to fear the whir of the propeller blades agitating the air above them.
  — Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• Then place the basket back in the bowl and let the leeks soak, agitating the water to release debris.
  — Alexis Deboschnek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2024
• In a different incident reported by a nurse, Dowd pushed a resident who had been agitated and cursing into a chair.
  — Jordan Rau, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024