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restlessness

[rest-lis-nis] / ˈrɛst lɪs nɪs /


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He's an unlikely music sensation, whose rootsy songs of restlessness and belonging captured TikTok's Gen Z romantics.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

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

His restlessness, be it musical, culinary or otherwise cultural, took him to San Francisco and New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

And while her work is animated by a feverish restlessness, it’s remarkable how consistent and inimitable her artistry remained over three quarters of a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

There was restlessness in the air now, as if we had all packed everything too quickly and too well and we needed something else to do.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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