All 16 Uses of
agitate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The panting of the horses communicated a tremulous motion to the coach, as if it were in a state of agitation.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- "Pray," said Mr. Lorry, in a soothing tone, bringing his left hand from the back of the chair to lay it on the supplicatory fingers that clasped him in so violent a tremble: "pray control your agitation—a matter of business.†
Chpt 1.4
- A wild-looking woman, whom even in his agitation, Mr. Lorry observed to be all of a red colour, and to have red hair, and to be dressed in some extraordinary tight-fitting fashion, and to have on her head a most wonderful bonnet like a Grenadier wooden measure, and good measure too, or a great Stilton cheese, came running into the room in advance of the inn servants, and soon settled the question of his detachment from the poor young lady, by laying a brawny hand upon his chest, and…†
Chpt 1.4
- Yielding to his own disturbance of mind, and to his young companion's agitation, which became greater every instant, Mr. Jarvis Lorry twice stopped to rest.†
Chpt 1.5
- He had shown strong internal agitation when he was questioned, and that pondering or brooding look which made him old, had been upon him, like a heavy cloud, ever since.†
Chpt 2.3
- You have seen the worst of her agitation.†
Chpt 2.3
- Change places with him, and would you have been looked at by those blue eyes as he was, and commiserated by that agitated face as he was?†
Chpt 2.4
- His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation.†
Chpt 2.10
- Carton," she answered, after an agitated pause, "the secret is yours, not mine; and I promise to respect it."†
Chpt 2.13
- They had the air of a rough tribunal; Jacques One and Two sitting on the old pallet-bed, each with his chin resting on his hand, and his eyes intent on the road-mender; Jacques Three, equally intent, on one knee behind them, with his agitated hand always gliding over the network of fine nerves about his mouth and nose; Defarge standing between them and the narrator, whom he had stationed in the light of the window, by turns looking from him to them, and from them to him.†
Chpt 2.15
- And her agitated hand waved to them from a chaise window, and she was gone.†
Chpt 2.18
- Much interested and agitated, Mr. Lorry said: "You come from Doctor Manette?"†
Chpt 3.3
- From whom newly arrived, did he come out, agitated and surprised, to take his favourite in his arms?†
Chpt 3.5
- For, it must be recorded, that not only was Miss Pross lost in amazement and agitation, but, Mr. Cruncher—though it seemed on his own separate and individual account—was in a state of the greatest wonder.†
Chpt 3.8
- She was in great agitation.†
Chpt 3.10
- "Now what do you think, Mr. Cruncher," said Miss Pross, whose agitation was so great that she could hardly speak, or stand, or move, or live: "what do you think of our not starting from this courtyard?†
Chpt 3.14
Definition:
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(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)