How to Use agitated in a Sentence

agitated

adjective
  • This tiny bird was alone and agitated.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • The guards, a bit agitated, told us to stop talking with her and move along.
    — Caryl Stern, Marie Claire, 25 July 2018
  • But the agitated man appears to ignore the deputy and tries to walk past them.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Flocks of ducks launched from the water in a flurry of wings and agitated quacks.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 5 Sep. 2019
  • As the sun began to dip in the west, the well-wishers grew agitated.
    — Caity Weaver, New York Times, 24 May 2018
  • Sloths who become agitated or feel threatened may use their teeth or long nails to cause pain.
    — Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Hitler returned to the beer hall, where the crowd was growing agitated.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • When the child becomes agitated, the dogs are trained to calm them by laying most of their weight on the child.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The lights stayed on through the night, and the constant noise of patrolling guards left him agitated and afraid.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Since when is so much of the world desensitized to lies and so agitated by truth.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The army of green, white and red stomped, in unison, the way a herd of agitated bison does across the plains.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 June 2019
  • Scenes are set in grimy derelict spaces or feature the ominous sound of agitated bat wings.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • The chimp would grab her arm and Jennifer would scream and become very agitated.
    — Simon Abrams, Vulture, 23 June 2022
  • Dylan split out of the blue metal door, walking stiff, agitated, spat out on the heat of the late day.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, riders, many of whom had been drinking at the game, got more and more agitated.
    — Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
  • The three gunmen seemed to be getting more agitated by the second.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2024
  • In the footage, the water turns cloudy and the crabs become agitated, then subdued.
    — Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Baxter had asked Howard for help with Miller, who video showed was agitated.
    — Jeff Weiner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
  • The biker, dressed in all black and a helmet, quickly pops up, agitated.
    — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 9 Apr. 2018
  • His knuckles tapped an agitated beat on the steering wheel along to soft jazz playing on the radio.
    — ‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • Among the crowd was an agitated bald guy in his mid-thirties, with a ginger goatee and an earring.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • The man became agitated and police were unable to search the panels at that time.
    — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Franklin appears agitated in the video, pacing next to the bus stop and raising his voice at the police.
    — Nilo Tabrizy, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • The agitated customer threw a hot cup of coffee on the employee and fled.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Fake news also spreads quickly when people are stressed and agitated.
    — John Brandon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The woman was very agitated and refused to get out of the Nissan.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The man became agitated and produced a firearm, Depue said.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And that voice is booming, stern, and familiar; the kind of voice that would make sense for an agitated ancient god.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The woman would not do so and the man became more agitated, yelling at the woman to tell officers to leave.
    — cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022
  • His wife, more agitated than relieved, was waiting for him outside the Guatemalan air force base here.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, latimes.com, 10 July 2018

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