In a sentence
Six example sentences with agitate, each labelled with its topic.
Students agitated for a lower voting age, filling letters pages and church halls until the parties finally listened.
Politics
Reformers agitated for years in market squares and pamphlets before the first factory inspection law reached the statute book.
History
Residents agitated against the incinerator for two years, packing council meetings until the plans were quietly withdrawn.
Environment
Campaigners agitated for a change in the tenancy law, holding weekly rallies outside the courthouse until a bill was drafted.
Law
Farmers agitated against the grain tariff in every market town, and by autumn ministers were counting the cost of ignoring them.
Economics
Supporters agitated for a new arena, filling radio call-ins for months until the county put the bond on the ballot.
Basketball
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Found in 6 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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