restlessness

Example Sentences

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By filtering such a common feeling through a strange and delightfully unsettling narrative lens, “By Design” contends with our modern restlessness in far more memorable fashion than many big-budget, big-idea films of the last year.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

There’s a musical restlessness on “Don’t Be Dumb” that takes it to some interesting places.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Depression was assessed through a questionnaire asking about depressed mood, disinterest, restlessness or lethargy during the previous two weeks.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

There was a keen curiosity, even a restlessness, in the way he kept changing his group’s sound during its short, spectacular stint at the top.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Right from his boyhood, people had seen the restlessness in him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand