restlessness

Example Sentences

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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

The show portrays an artist driven by an omnivorous restlessness, forever chasing and endeavoring to synthesize various artistic influences and mystical belief systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 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

As the weeks pass, with Jutta asleep beside him, Werner looks out into the night sky, and restlessness surges through him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr