All 7 Uses
agitate
in
The Man of the Forest
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- This was uttered in an agitated whisper.†
Chpt 14 *agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- She walked a few rods along the brook, out from under the pines, and, standing in the open edge of the park, she felt the beautiful scene still her agitation.†
Chpt 14agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- "I dare not confide in uncle," said Helen, with agitation.†
Chpt 16
- And now you say Dale—and you—" Helen choked in her agitation.†
Chpt 17
- Bo was pale, round-eyed, and apparently too agitated to speak.†
Chpt 18agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- The guilty, agitated faces of the outlaws showed plain enough in the flickering light for each to see a convicting dread in his fellow.†
Chpt 23
- Her defiance, resentment, rebelliousness, vanished from a softly agitated face.†
Chpt 26
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)