How to Use restless in a Sentence

restless

adjective
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  • He started to feel restless and discontent in his job.
  • The audience was becoming restless.
  • At times, the crowd grew restless and bored, and some left early.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • This news doesn’t quite do the trick in calming my restless mind.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Not restless, just wants to lie with you and snuggle up.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 June 2024
  • The Eagles have opened the season with two losses and the fans are restless.
    — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The book opens by calling forth the restless spirit of Mary MacLane.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The thrill of this movie lies in what's implied not seen and on quick glimpses of restless spirits.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Though those close to him would like him to move on, Stepp seems restless and eager to talk about the case that put him in the headlines.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
  • As the weeks ticked by, people on the Internet grew restless.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The whole process was fairly mundane and often led to restless nights.
    — Sarah Madaus, Allure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The crowd appeared to be restless after over a minute of this, shouting, whistling and booing.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Darius Spencer of San Diego, who spent the night at the airport, played his ukelele to help keep the restless crowd entertained.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • To prevent this, your jaw may grind back and forth to keep the airway open, which can result in restless sleep.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Last year, Woodard’s restless sights turned toward the water.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Backstreets is a restless book that shifts freely among various modes.
    — Ed Park, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Fans are getting restless again in West Texas, never a good sign.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • These restless volcanoes might stay in this state for years or decades.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Finding the best pillow can take many restless nights (or years!) of testing and maybe even an achy neck here and there.
    — Samantha Rees, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
  • But after five years at the firm, Ryoo began to feel restless.
    — Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • If that sounds like you, keep reading for expert tips on putting your restless bladder to bed, once and for all.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The letter comes at a critical point in the strike, as many members have started to grow restless.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Still, rents are now so high, the prospect of finding another home is causing her restless nights and headaches.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • His father and namesake, Chester, was one of 18 children in Oklahoma, the son of a restless man, who wasn’t around much.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But our restless natures required the return to the building, or at least the option of such a return.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The surest sign a college football program is in trouble is when the alumni grow restless.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But restless minds have found innovative ways to get back to work.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The livestock are restless, tossing their heads and lowing to themselves.
    — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
  • Volcanoes become restless and then go back to slumbering all the time.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Five years after moving to the nation’s capital to work in clean energy and climate change policy, the 29-year-old was feeling restless.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024

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