Sentence examples for a restive from inspiring English sources

Michael Pravica, Henderson, Nevada A restive U.S. population?

They had to manage a restive Congress.

Ms. Palin faces a restive legislature.

Charlottesville in autumn was a restive and romantic place.

Pakistan, admittedly, had a restive Muslim population to contend with.

There is no indication of a restive board.

To the north, Kuwait also has a Sunni monarchy and a restive Shiite population.

All 10 were residents of Ingushetia, a restive region in the Caucasus.

She enveloped me in her arms, calming me as if I was a restive animal.

"The struggle between a restive intelligentsia and anxious officialdom is a recurrent theme".

THE voters, quite plainly, are in a restive, perhaps even angry mood.