restless

Example Sentences

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"Imagine, without sleep, my child was restless all night," Quinones said.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer's party is still restless, and underneath the overwhelming scale of the crisis in the Middle East, politics continues to fray.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

To start their companies, founders have to be creative, restless, slightly delusional and outrageously ambitious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

The music is slow, melodic, restless and exploratory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

At night, when Jagu was particularly restless, consumed by his fears and fantasies, she put him to bed like a child, with her hand on his forehead.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee