restlessly

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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

Musk had been an early investor in Hassabis’s AI company, DeepMind, which was three years into its restlessly ambitious pursuit of artificial general intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

On a cold January afternoon, a young pharmacy student, Shin Jeong-min, waited restlessly outside South Korea's Constitutional Court, as the country's suspended president arrived to fight his impeachment.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

After looking him in the eye as Prongos waited, restlessly tucking his T-shirt into his shorts, Foster extended his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

She wore a green eyeshade, and she rolled a yellow pencil restlessly in her fingers.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck