All 3 Uses
agitate
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- Ira had used this agitating kind of wit on his own Marine buddies.†
Chpt 18. *agitating = stirring up (emotionally or physically)
- He gave her about "ten agitated minutes of his time," puffing "nervously on a cigarette...sitting on the edge of his chair in the electric pose of a runner ready to bolt from a starting block."†
Chpt 20.agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- Dad was agitated.†
Chpt 20.
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)