Sentence examples for be restive from inspiring English sources
adjective
Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
By now, parents may also be restive.
Now the No. 2's -- the sous-chefs, or the chefs de cuisine -- seem to be restive.
The war on drugs shows signs of stalling, and a long-dormant rebel group may be restive again, as evidenced by a bombing here on Wednesday.
Vehicles entering suburbs known to be restive at night were being checked by up to six times at a single roadblock by police officers, the businessman said.
The slippery difference between a thriller and a non-thriller would hardly be worth groping for did not the thriller-writers themselves seem to be restive — chafing to escape, yearning for a less restrictive contract with the reader.
Last year two younger members of the Bancroft family (who mind more about the share price than about dividends) publicly aired their discontent; and other senior members, four of whom are on the board, are said to be restive.
The military was restive.
The government is restive.
