Sentence examples for agitate public from inspiring English sources

Not so, Mhmd Abdel Rahman, the editor in chief of the Egyptian e3lam.org website that specializes in all things media, told me, adding that if the Brotherhood had any real influence inside Maspero, it would have been directed at disseminating ideas and programs to agitate public opinion against the regime.

Writers such as Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard agitated public fears that whites — a category that was far less inclusive than our current understanding of it — were on the verge of being outnumbered.

This is clearly something that has engaged and agitated the public".

Although Keynes could not offer a theoretical refutation of his colleagues' opinions, he agitated for public works nevertheless.

Though liberal and labor groups have been agitating for public works spending, Mr. Obama and his advisers are emphasizing business tax cuts in hopes of drawing Republican support — or, failing that, to show that Republicans are so determined to thwart Mr. Obama that they will oppose even ideas that they and most business groups, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, advocate.

In his maiden speech in the House of Lords, he asserted that "the negroes were not treated in the manner which had so agitated the public mind" – ie beaten and tortured – and that Caribbean slaves instead lived "in a state of humble happiness".

The practice of granting extensive monopolies agitated the public, who were forced to pay higher prices by the monopoly holders.

In subsequent years, as Donald Trump morphed into a grandstanding tabloid celebrity, he developed a reputation for agitating the public about racially-charged issues.

The Philadelphia party agitated for free public education and an end to competition from prison contract labour.

The BPA saga is a classic American tale of marginalized, underresourced nonprofit groups agitating for the public good against entrenched commercial interests.

Suarez agitated and went public with his frustration but Liverpool owner John W Henry stood firm and refused to accept that he had to sell to a rival club, Arsenal, simply because his star player wanted to leave.