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Yet in the shade of the vacant house, though all looked still, there was agitation.†
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agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
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.†
There was the mixture together of agitation and decoration which could make every little forthcoming child turn pale with a kind of ultimate dizziness.†
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.†

agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)

Definitions:

(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)