All 8 Uses of
agitate
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- It took several minutes for the baby to settle down, because she was so agitated and because her sucking reflex was poor.†
p. 34.4agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- Agitated, she picked up The Leader, which she hadn't read in days, slipped off the rubber band, and skimmed through the articles, not really taking in any of them.†
p. 63.3
- He had read it only once, swiftly, putting it away as Norah came in, trying to conceal his agitation.†
p. 108.1 *agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
- A simple encounter, yet he felt strangely agitated, exposed and vulnerable, his past rising up like the sea.†
p. 148.3agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- Agitated, still, from her speech, she drove back to the preschool.†
p. 164.5
- It was spring, the air crisp and damp, and Caroline was too agitated to wait for the bus.†
p. 251.6
- He kept walking, agitated, muttering to himself now and then.†
p. 258.4
- For a long time Norah sat very still, agitated, on the edge of knowing.†
p. 364.7
Definition:
to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)