All 12 Uses of
agitate
in
Pride and Prejudice
- She opened the door and met Maria in the landing place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out— "Oh, my dear Eliza!†
p. 156.1agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- The agitation and tears which the subject occasioned, brought on a headache; and it grew so much worse towards the evening, that, added to her unwillingness to see Mr. Darcy, it determined her not to attend her cousins to Rosings, where they were engaged to drink tea.†
p. 182.9
- After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began: "In vain I have struggled.†
p. 185.2agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- She continued in very agitated reflections till the sound of Lady Catherine's carriage made her feel how unequal she was to encounter Charlotte's observation, and hurried her away to her room.†
p. 189.9
- Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of formal partiality entirely so.†
p. 225.0 *agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of formal partiality entirely so.†
p. 225.0
- Wickham's alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent, till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents: "You, who so well know my feeling towards Mr. Darcy, will readily comprehend how sincerely I must rejoice that he is wise enough to assume even the appearance of what is right.†
p. 226.3agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- The beginning contained an account of all their little parties and engagements, with such news as the country afforded; but the latter half, which was dated a day later, and written in evident agitation, gave more important intelligence.†
p. 260.5agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- "When I consider," she added in a yet more agitated voice, "that I might have prevented it!†
p. 264.1agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- But the spiritless condition which this event threw her into was shortly relieved, and her mind opened again to the agitation of hope, by an article of news which then began to be in circulation.†
p. 313.2agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- Darcy was not of a disposition in which happiness overflows in mirth; and Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy than felt herself to be so; for, besides the immediate embarrassment, there were other evils before her.†
p. 352.4agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- * * * * * In the evening, soon after Mr. Bennet withdrew to the library, she saw Mr. Darcy rise also and follow him, and her agitation on seeing it was extreme.†
p. 355.5agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
Definition:
to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)