All 6 Uses
agitate
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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- When he was agitated, which happened frequently, the slurring got worse.†
p. 158.2 *agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- She wept in her sleep, grew agitated, kicked the blankets off, and then Mariam had to hold her down.†
p. 199.9
- When she wasn't agitated, the girl was a sullen pair of eyes staring from under the blanket, breathing out short little answers to Mariam and Rasheed's questions.†
p. 200.1
- He was agitated.†
p. 220.5
- Mariam's face looked thin and drawn in this light, but she did not appear agitated or frightened, merely preoccupied, thoughtful, so self-possessed that when a fly landed on her chin she paid it no attention.†
p. 352.3
- Laila has to sit down with an agitated Aziza, who still has nightmares, who'd been startled to tears the week before when someone had shot rounds into the sky at a wedding nearby.†
p. 391.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)