Sentence examples for restive elements from inspiring English sources
During these regimes, the thwarting of social reforms promised by the revolution of 1944 made restive elements of the population increasingly receptive to guerrilla resistance.
The pointed critique was one of his harshest assessments yet of the Bush presidency and came as he has been moving to corral restive elements of the Republican Party — and the Bush donor network — behind his candidacy.
Community leaders appeased some restive elements in the crowd by announcing a rally on Wednesday outside the courthouse in St Louis where a grand jury is expected to hear evidence about the shooting of Michael Brown.
Community leaders appeased some restive elements in the crowd by announcing a rally on Wednesday outside the courthouse in St Louis where the grand jury was due to convene.
Yet for the most part they rallied behind Boehner, who had sought to appease the restive conservative element until it was no longer feasible to do so.
Daily Telegraph Editorial, May 18 "With a majority slashed to 67, and a restive backbencher element calling for his head, the prime minister is desperately trying to throw off the lame duck tag.
Khan said the roots of extremist groups waging an insurgency against the Pakistani state, "secular elements" and local opponents from bases in the restive tribal areas along the western border lay not in religion but the historic resistance of the Pashtun tribes there to "outsiders".
Putschist elements in the party, never persuaded that elections could bring the party to power, were growing increasingly restive.
