Sentence examples for over restive from inspiring English sources

It is also a major test of the governor's ability to wield his power over restive Democrats, who returned to power last fall after 10 years in the minority, eager to share in the spoils of the majority.

Assad's troops have overrun Anadan several times in recent weeks, but with bigger battles to fight in Aleppo they were nowhere to be seen when a Reuters team visited the town - a sign of the difficulty the overstretched Syrian military may be facing in keeping full control over restive areas.

Twenty years ago, the Reagan White House won over many restive and sympathetic House Democrats.

Its government wants to use economic measures to win over the restive population of the region and so get the secessionist leaders to join the political mainstream eventually.

For decades the government in Beijing has relocated Han Chinese to Xinjiang to dilute Uighur influence over the restive province, which before 1949 was briefly an independent state.

Since both countries became independent a half-century ago, Pakistan has been challenging India's control over this restive Muslim-majority state.

However, Pakistani forces have struggled to maintain control over the restive tribal regions along the Afghan border, where Taliban-linked militants are firmly entrenched.

With Russia protecting Syria's back at a reluctant UN Security Council, this speech was one clearly designed for a domestic audience and hopes that promising future reform and warning of immediate crisis will win over the restive population.

The regional furor, coming just three days after an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other workers, underscored Washington's diminished ability to influence a region where a number of governments newly elected during the so-called Arab Spring have minimal control over their restive populations.

Conservative Democratic senators whose votes will be needed to break a Republican filibuster are restive over the costs of the overall plan and over including a public option, even with an opportunity for states to opt out.

Northern electorates are growing restive over the apparently endless bail-outs.