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restlessly



ADVERB
fitfully
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ADVERB
nervously
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Family members and friends stood around restlessly in the waiting room, where a hospital worker tried to maintain order in the chaos.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Since then, the company’s business model has shifted restlessly, from a retail loyalty-points app to a technical-infrastructure play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

And Prince Harry's testimony was disarmingly candid, restlessly baring his feelings, and suggesting that his departure from the UK was still unresolved.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

“I need to learn to make the sweetness stay,” Holter sings, restlessly navigating the song’s mazelike structure.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Whether he had slept by himself in some hole nearby, or had wandered restlessly prowling through the night, he did not say; but he returned with the first glimmer of light, and roused his companions.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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