On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Agitate. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as move or disturb and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Agitate meaning
- To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
- To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
- To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
Synonyms of Agitate
Using Agitate
- The main meaning on this page is: To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). | To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. | To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
- Useful related words include: move, stir up, commove, disturb.
- In the example corpus, agitate often appears in combinations such as: to agitate, agitate for, agitate the.
Context around Agitate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Agitate
- In this selection, "agitate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, destructive, politically, typically, agaitae, human and war stand out and add context to how "agitate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and to agitate for pool and art to agitate for social. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "agitate" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with agitate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They also began to agitate for control over their own affairs. (11 words)
American artists also began to leverage art to agitate for social change. (12 words)
A good hook shot would agitate the asbestos on the back wall of the house. (15 words)
It seems strange that we must still agitate for these basic rights, or that Mr. Trump thinks he is being magnanimous when he offers them to us again as last-minute campaign promises — so long as we stay in our place. (41 words)
Not missing a beat, the hero replies “Batman isn’t usually one for quips or snappy comebacks, but let it never be said that he doesn’t know how to agitate his foes in the most witty way possible. (39 words)
As well as uncovering secret stockpiles and obtaining grain, their mission was to politically agitate amongst poorer peasants, so that they could join both the search for food and the struggle against the richer layers of the countryside. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
What it does show is the destructive “agitate, agitate, agaitae” principles and the saul alinsky playbook that is willing to destroy anything and everything in pyrrhic ideological battles.
Agents would hijack relief shipments to keep a world starving and agitate the starving masses against the rulers.
Crump said that just as African-American forebears fought for this generation, today’s Blacks have to agitate on behalf of the generations to come.
Nairn’s insight was not that people should agitate for the break up of Britain, but rather that the unyielding and outdated structures of the British state contained within them the seeds of their own destruction.
These cleaners use high frequency sound waves to agitate the water or cleaning solution within them, which can cause movement and vibration in any delicate parts inside the watch.
We realized the similarities between Chekhov’s text and our own history, so we took advantage of those parallels to reinforce the idea that the passions that agitate human beings are always the same.
Again, I have carefully learnt and observed that USA does not like, support or agitate war.
A good hook shot would agitate the asbestos on the back wall of the house.
As well as uncovering secret stockpiles and obtaining grain, their mission was to politically agitate amongst poorer peasants, so that they could join both the search for food and the struggle against the richer layers of the countryside.
I have incredibly sensitive skin (and eyes, for that matter!) and had no irritation from this — and facial sunscreens typically agitate my face fiercely.
Not missing a beat, the hero replies “Batman isn’t usually one for quips or snappy comebacks, but let it never be said that he doesn’t know how to agitate his foes in the most witty way possible.
This led her to spearhead the formation of the Wadadli Aquatic Racers Swim Club in 2006 and to agitate for pool swimming to be embraced by the Swimming Association.
American artists also began to leverage art to agitate for social change.
If they do not do so immediately, we will agitate throughout the state and the country.
It follows that these confrontations will inaugurate various forms of internal divisions within and between religions and civilizations which have never ceased to agitate the world.
It seems strange that we must still agitate for these basic rights, or that Mr. Trump thinks he is being magnanimous when he offers them to us again as last-minute campaign promises — so long as we stay in our place.
Mahmoudi also contributed to the compilation with “Agitate,” a frantic, bass-heavy track with just a few seconds of a vocal sample to support the instrumentals.
The foundation issued a statement the following day in which it labelled the notion that apartheid was a crime against humanity "soviet agitprop" - propaganda meant to agitate.
The other way to get close to top dollar, of course, is to hold out and agitate for a trade, like former Raiders linebacker did.
They also began to agitate for control over their own affairs.
Common combinations with agitate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to agitate 23×
- agitate for 13×
- agitate the 7×
- agitate agitate 2×
- and agitate 2×
- agitate on 2×