6 uses
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Definition
to stir up or shake — emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)
- Mademoiselle Reisz perceived her agitation and even her tears.Chapter 9 (93% in)
- She arose in some agitation to take her departure.Chapter 21 (94% in)
- He was beside himself with astonishment and delight over these companionable advances, and showed his appreciation by his little quick, snappy barks and a lively agitation.Chapter 24 (92% in)
- But there was nothing else to do, so she went to bed, and tossed there for hours in a sort of monotonous agitation.Chapter 25 (48% in)
- "The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me," she said.Chapter 25 (72% in)
- She attempted to rise; she could not have done so without betraying the agitation which mastered her at sight of him, so she fell back upon the stool, only exclaiming, "Why, Robert!"Chapter 33 (39% in)
There are no more uses of "agitate" in The Awakening.
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