Sentence examples for like restive from inspiring English sources

The colonists, like restive adolescents ready to leave home, resisted parental control.

Like the subjects of a few other smaller Gulf monarchies, such as Kuwait and the U.A.E., native Qataris enjoy the sort of table-topping per-capita income that makes even the most complaining among them more like restive shareholders than potential revolutionaries.

At the foot of Mayon Volcano which puffs away like a restive smoker its capital, Legazpi, was bustling as ever.

While his Model-Ts glided off the gleaming new production lines of Detroit (the "city of tomorrow"), he took to pacing his grounds like a restive laird.

Nor could a new Security Council resolve tensions created by one of its permanent members, like an increasingly restive and bellicose Russia.

Adra has been a destination for displaced people from other restive areas, like Douma, Harasta, and Dhumair.

The American military would train new Iraqi security forces that would help police Baghdad and even restive cities like Falluja.

While in Syria, Mr. Ford visited restive cities like Hama and attended a funeral for a slain activist, activities that made him a visible if controversial figure.

Like a Boys Town for restive pitchers, baseball has a soft spot for big galoots who throw hard but cannot find the plate with a map.

It was he who appeared on television to explain the government's efforts to restore order in restive provinces like Aceh, or to reassure the public after each new terrorist attack.

But the government tried to project an aura of calm, even as it unleashed its forces in a manner similar to the devastating assaults on restive cities like Homs, where neighborhoods were effectively flattened and all the residents driven out.