Both Uses
agitate
in
The Wanderers
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- 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.†
*agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- 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.†
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)