Object

• mind: It should agitate the minds of the local people who may be compelled to contrast their own lives with ours.

• state: I awoke from a dream - the contents of which I will describe later - in a most agitated state.

• bit: I seem to remember he would occasionally get a bit agitated.

• water: Then he leaned forward, and in the intense silence we were aware of the soft lapping of agitated water.

• man: An agitated grey-headed man appeared from the room of the Ward Leaders.

Preposition: on

• behalf: She went on to agitate on behalf of breast cancer awareness.

Modifying Another Word

• gently: The sample is sprayed into the oven through the opening in the top, and can be gently agitated throughout.

• increasingly: However, from 1933 the minority ' Sudeten ' German population increasingly agitated for incorporation into Hitler's Reich.

• deeply: As we approached the scene of the crime I could see that my friend under all his habitual coolness was in truth deeply agitated.

• extremely: This sparked furious protests, with both camps becoming extremely agitated to say the least.

• slightly: The farmer was amazed and slightly agitated to see Tom stood under the porch clutching the ' bladder of brandy ' .

Used with why or when

• when: The dog thought she was in for a long walk and began to get agitated when we stopped at the Coffin Stone.

Infinitive complement

• get: He opposed unfair taxes levied on Indian workers and he agitated to get Indians their voting rights.

• ensure: The slipper was agitated constantly to ensure a smooth flow of grain into the stones.

Preposition: for

• reform: Thomas Attwood, a banker, was the leader of the Birmingham Political Union, which had agitated for political reform in 1832.