Sentence examples for previously restive from inspiring English sources
Sudan's defence minister, among others, darkly warned against the dire consequences of secession.But previously restive border provinces have remained quiet, at least by local standards.
During Harrison's administration, the Lakota Sioux, previously confined to reservations in South Dakota, grew restive under the influence of Wovoka, a medicine man, who encouraged them to participate in a spiritual movement called the Ghost Dance.
Previously, militants had selected targets like the American consulate in the restive southern city of Karachi, where an explosion killed 12 Pakistanis in June and 11 French contractors died in a suicide bombing in May.
Passed over previously, Cardinal Lehmann may have been elevated now in part to reassure restive Catholics that they too will have a voice, however outnumbered, in the next papal conclave.
The young wife grew restive.
The military was restive.
The government is restive.
