Sentence examples for had been restive from inspiring English sources

During the World War, Roy Howard had been restive with Pegler's offensiveness.

And as in other areas where ethnic minorities have been restive—Inner Mongolia and, especially, Xinjiang it hopes immigration by the majority Han Chinese will swamp nationalist sentiment.

Indeed, Gaddafi's only option may well be to cast aside an eastern region that has been restive for many years, in order to focus on solidifying control of Tripoli, and the territory he has retaken in recent days.

Handsworth and Aston's recent history has been restive, with the most shocking incidents often gang related.

Ms Saunders said Tibetans in Ganzi prefecture were "strong in their religious beliefs" and the area had "been very restive for some time".

In one version, the Gulf leadership had been approached by restive ex-Milenio lieutenants, including future La Familia leaders like El Chayo, who invited the Gulf group to Michoacán to help them overthrow their former leaders.

Security had been tight all day in the restive southeast, with some voting in the shadow of armored police vehicles.

The Taliban had been training militant Uighars, China's restive Muslim minority in neighboring Xingjaing province, before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

He said they had been held by a rebel chief in the neighbouring restive region of Lugansk.

New season tickets had been selling briskly for several weeks, the representative said, but the switchboard had been especially restive since James and the Cavaliers were blown out at home in Game 5 on Tuesday night.

After a period of uneasy quiet, the majority Albanian population has been growing restive about the slow progress toward independence.