All 8 Uses of
agitate
in
Main Street
- She was agitated.†
Chpt 5 *
- The willows about a farmhouse were agitated by the rising wind, and the patches of bare wood where the bark had peeled away were white as the flesh of a leper.†
Chpt 15
- Myrtle Cass, as the office-boy, was so much pleased by the applause of her relatives, then so much agitated by the remarks of Cy Bogart, in the back row, in reference to her wearing trousers, that she could hardly be got off the stage.†
Chpt 18
- Kennicott made an excellent land-deal, but as he told her none of the details, she was not greatly exalted or agitated.†
Chpt 19
- What did agitate her was his announcement, half whispered and half blurted, half tender and half coldly medical, that they "ought to have a baby, now they could afford it."†
Chpt 19
- It is probable that the agitated citizen has within his circle at least one inarticulate rebel with aspirations as wayward as Carol's.†
Chpt 20
- She was offended and agitated.†
Chpt 29
- The familiar way in which his hair was parted on the left side agitated her.†
Chpt 38
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)