How to Use agita in a Sentence

agita

noun
  • For all the agita swirling around him, James has seemed very chill.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 29 June 2018
  • But the agita over how to groom yourself for work—hair straight or curly?
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
  • That’s the truth, agita-inducing or not.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That being said, the break from the emotional agita was nice, helping lend a light, fun feel to the episode.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 14 May 2018
  • Frankly, cheering on a whale revolt feels like a far more desirable way to relieve the agita.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • The collective agita of the two men pales in intrigue compared to the women in the story.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2017
  • The provision for what’s been called the oligarchs list has caused a great deal of agita among the elites of Russia.
    — Carol Morello, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Ultimately, though, the most agita per viewing comes from the Sharks.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • His stubbornness has caused him and his staff untold agita in his first 112 days in office.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 12 May 2017
  • Turturro was at the Garden, enduring the same agita as the rest of us.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But patients who use the referral service may get nothing more than a serious case of agita and dashed hopes.
    — Sam Wood, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • And the agita inspired by Wood’s departure in Atlanta is well-known.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 20 May 2017
  • The heightened agita of the current political climate might play a role in that growth among young people.
    — Lorena O'Neil, Marie Claire, 23 Feb. 2017
  • My flash of fatherly agita was a result of everything seeming to pile up at once after my baby’s birth.
    — Taylor Tepper, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • After much agita, Porter was given a fresh copy of the speech, and was able to deliver it within a five-minute time frame the next day.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The prospect of so much government borrowing is creating lots of agita for those investors being asked to buy all this debt.
    — Mark Zandi, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Watching a president who is in near-constant combat with the national media adds to the agita.
    — Jack Marshall, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2017
  • Davis struck out Granderson with the next pitch and, despite the agita, tacked on a scoreless ninth to secure Chicago's win.
    — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • This one, Washington’s fourth this season, left you feeling agita rather than exulted.
    — David Aldridge, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Given his broken finger, his fragile knees, his sore back and achy feet, not to mention his chronic agita, Bryant can't sit in a car for two hours.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 28 Jan. 2020
  • For all the agita caused by Alabama’s kicking game, the sight Saturday afternoon was a new one.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 27 Sep. 2019
  • There was this advice column, aimed at thirtysomethings with biological clock agita.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And staff at the channel had been dealing with the agita that comes along with a change in ownership, wondering what the spin off to SpinCo will mean.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • And in both cases, the shows are elevated by the surprising warmth and earnestness lurking under the unfurling agita.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
  • For all the genre stratification and social-media agita, SZA is adored.
    — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And this is precisely why each round of the Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards gives me agita.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The natural agita that comes with a massive financial swing is also being intensified by a few other factors.
    — Vulture, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Celtics fans strive for relevance above all else, but swapping crowd-favorite Thomas, even for a bona fide superstar, will spark agita across the greater Boston area.
    — Nick Greene, Slate Magazine, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The fly in the tomato sauce is DeVito, who cured every Giant fan’s agita with his zesty play after Jones went down.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
  • In a market where 86 percent of apartments are resales, compromise is a necessity for buyers and a source of agita for sellers and their agents.
    — Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017

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