The phrase "agitated child" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a child who is upset, restless, or anxious, often in contexts related to behavior or emotional state.
Example: "The teacher noticed that the agitated child was having difficulty focusing on the lesson."
Alternatives: "distressed child" or "upset child".
If, for example, you have an active, easily agitated child, you might use television to calm him or her down.
After a long wait, she said, a doctor said he would put in stitches but seemed uncomfortable treating the agitated child.
The severely agitated child without respiratory compromise poses an extremely difficult dilemma, as most sedative agents can cause respiratory depression.
Sander was taken into custody at his home while his "hysterical" wife and "agitated" three children watched from outside, a first responder testified at the trial, the News & Observer reported.
If you are upset and agitated, your children will reflect your attitude.
The show's immediate popularity with children agitated educators and parents, as did the proliferation of Bart Simpson T-shirts.
It made children agitated.
The two large-framed men who forced Darryl onto the floor and held him there with their bodies say that they had no choice because the child was agitated and flailing about.
Since the child was agitated, the options for care were to increase sedation, or to attempt ventilation using NAVA.
At first, the children were agitated and nauseated coming off the gas, and social workers could do little beyond providing the basics for them: food, clothing, lots of juice to satisfy the intense thirst that was a symptom of their detoxing.
And not only through Beethoven; the second half of the programme is a performance of Shostakovich's confessional eighth quartet – agitated, difficult music for a child.
