All 7 Uses of
agitate
in
The Golden Apples
- Yet in the shade of the vacant house, though all looked still, there was agitation.†
Story 2
- When the first unreasoning hush--there was the usual series--fell over the audience, the room seemed to shake with the agitation of palmetto and feather fans alone, plus the occasional involuntary tick of the metronome within its doors.†
Story 2
- There was the mixture together of agitation and decoration which could make every little forthcoming child turn pale with a kind of ultimate dizziness.†
Story 2
- She rose up, agitated now, and went running about the room, holding the candle above her, evading the men each time they tried to head her off.†
Story 2
- where the sun shone right on it the lake seemed to be in violent agitation, almost boiling.
Story 4 *agitation = disturbance (stirred up)
- She made the steps of the walk they had to watch, head, breasts, and hips in their helpless agitation, like a rope of bells she started in their ears.†
Story 7
- Memory dappled her like no more than a paler light, which in slight agitations came through leaves, not darkening her for more than an instant.†
Story 7
Definition:
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(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)