Sentence examples for restive from from inspiring English sources

She is free, in law, to leave but, as Cat Simmons dignified, thoughtful performance suggests, the young woman has begun to grow restive from the lack of other options to fulfilling his requirements.

It might even dissuade other restive provinces from trying to break away.

From restive Srinagar to festive Goa, from the Bay of Bengal to the Rann of Kutch, the polls have been a lengthy collective journey taken by huge numbers of people, most still full of hope and expectation, but many increasingly anxious too.

He then became restive, got up from the chair, and took from the shelf one of the South Dakota Hoploscaphites that I'd unearthed during my last Rock Soc trip to America.

Mr. Chiang's international reputation has soared since his death in 1988 because in his later years, under pressure from the restive native-Taiwanese majority and from Taiwan's American patrons, he loosened up the dictatorship and paved the way for free elections.

But the company is under pressure from restive shareholders.

One such company facing questions from restive shareholders has been The Washington Post Company, which owns the Kaplan education business.

The agreement calls on the Syrian government to remove its forces and heavy weaponry from restive cities and to open a dialogue with opposition groups.

In signing the peace document, Mr. Assad pledged to pull the military from restive cities, release political prisoners and start talks with the opposition on democratic reforms.

AOL's slow progress as it transforms into a media company supported by advertising has brought pressure from restive institutional shareholders.

The social cleansing campaign included many Tibetans and Uighurs - both minority groups from restive regions of China - who were heavily restricted.