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• The Northern youths did not agitate for the sack of previous Defence Ministers.2026 March 15, Ejikeme Omenazu, “Anxiety Returns Over Upsurge Of Ferocious Banditry”, in Independent. From the entry ridiculous
• These upheavals occurred almost homoplasiously with European states agitating to be autexousious.2022, Everisto Benyera, The Failure of the International Criminal Court in Africa, Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry autexousious
• Viewing animals inside an enclosure bounded by barriers agitates many people simply because the perspective seems wrong.2006, Stephen Spotte, Zoos in Postmodernism, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, page 143. From the entry cathectic
• Baz, a mascaraed gay man who agitates on behalf of the libido.1988 May 27, Anthony Adler, “The Hitler-Reagan Equation”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry mascaraed
• Only they 'aven't got a fair chawnce even to agitate fur their rights.1913, Elizabeth Robins, The Convert. From the entry chawnce
• Only they ’aven’t got a fair chawnce even to agitate fur their rights.1907, Elizabeth Robins, chapter XVI, in The Convert, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 258. From the entry 'aven't
• Agitate with ten inversions initially and then for 10 seconds out of every minute for the remainder of the fixing time.2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry fixer
• Froth is what agitates and powers the market, and there are six catalysts that have accelerated market froth, as shown in figure I.2.2022, Kelly J. Frank, To the Moon Investing, page 5. From the entry froth
• At the time, netizens conjured terms such as "Mainland Taiwan," "Taiwanese Beijing," and "West Taiwan" to agitate Chinese nationalists, censors, and trolls.2021 December 9, Keoni Everington, “German video game ad labels China 'West Taiwan'”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 09 Dec…. From the entry netizen
• Christie “broke the bro’ code,” said the donor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to agitate Christie supporters.2013 June 8, Trip Gabriel, “Christie, at G.O.P. Event, Finds Many Unburned Bridges”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry bro code
• Such litanies of equilibrium in economics annually agitate the Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, and lugubriate in the worldly wisdom of such sages.2011, John Mauldin, Just One Thing: Twelve of the World's Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can't Overlook, John Wiley & Sons…. From the entry lugubriate
• Lorraine Massey, a founder of Devachan, simply rinses and agitates her scalp with fingers (or uses a nonlathering cleanser like Devachan No-Poo).2008 February 21, Anna Jane Grossman, “Of Course I Washed My Hair Last Year (I’m Almost Certain)”, in The New York Times. From the entry cleanser
• The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs.1980, Earl Leitritz with Robert C[onklin] Lewis, Trout and Salmon Culture (Hatchery Methods) [California Fish Bulletin; 164], Oakland…. From the entry eyed
• Charles Delaney, of Philadeplphia, Pa., has been agitating before the Ways and Means Committee to place curled hair on the free list.1913, Jacob Hannemann, “Brief of the Hair Spinners' Union No. 10399, Chicago, Ill.”, in United States Congressional Serial Set, volume…. From the entry curled hair
• Actually, this amounts to nothing more than agitating the eggs enough to rupture the yolk membrane in the infertile eggs, which causes them to turn white.1980, Earl Leitritz with Robert C[onklin] Lewis, Trout and Salmon Culture (Hatchery Methods) [California Fish Bulletin; 164], Oakland…. From the entry addle
• Let there be any industrial trouble of any kind, and down upon the district swoop dozens of fussy futilitarians, to argue, exhort, bully, and agitate generally.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry futilitarian
• The "indications" referred to were the marching and remarching of the Union forces in all directions which had for days been agitating the minds of Confederate sympathizers in the vicinity.1908, Travers, Libbie Miller, The honor of a Lee, Cochrane, page 240. From the entry remarch

Meaning of agitate

1. verb To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
2. verb To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
3. verb To participate in political agitation (sense 3).

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How do you use agitate in a sentence?

Agitate is used as a verb. For example: “He was greatly agitated by the news.”

What is a short sentence with agitate?

“Politicians agitate desperate designs.”

What does agitate mean?

Agitate means to disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).