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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

We roam relentlessly through our memories of the past and ruminate restlessly on the future, thinking, if only it was this perfectly verifiable way, or that exactly quantifiable way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

In a remote village in western Nepal, thousands of miles from Israel, Mahananda Joshi was sitting restlessly at home on Thursday, his phone in his hand.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

On the sidewalk, a massive wolf paced restlessly.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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