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restlessness

[rest-lis-nis] / ˈrɛst lɪs nɪs /


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As a musician, the sounds escaping his horn seemed to rise from some far larger, internal furnace of intellectual and spiritual restlessness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

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

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

A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aimlessly.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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