Sentence examples for remained restive from inspiring English sources

Yet, angry at the slow pace of change, the poor remained restive.

Although part of the Republic of Indonesia since 1949, the Acehnese have remained restive.

In Diyala Province, which has remained restive even as other parts of the country have become relatively stable, a body was found riddled with bullets.

The disputed region of Kashmir remained restive, though the long-term trends towards an end of the 25-year-old conflict there continued.

There then followed a 30-year effort in the Kremlin to stabilize and reform all Communist societies, but the East Europeans remained restive, held captive only by Soviet armed might.

Poitou and Saintonge remained restive largely because of the stubborn machinations of Isabella of Angoulême (King John's widow); it was only in 1243, after a revolt planned to coincide with an uprising in Languedoc, that the adjudication of 1202 was fulfilled in Aquitaine.

But some districts of nearby Kandahar Province, which also bore the brunt of the surge force, remain restive.

There still remain the restive provinces.

But the capital remained ringed by restive suburbs where by some estimates half the population stayed despite relentless shelling, and where the government has been unable to decisively dislodge rebels.

At the time, American officials speculated that Mr. Majid had been appointed either to ensure that the restive Shiites there remained loyal to Baghdad, or to implement a military strategy devised to blunt or undermine the American-British invasion.

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.