Sentence examples for restive over from inspiring English sources

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

Members grew restive over the degree to which Mr. Seifter was acting as their spokesman.

Some residents of Ciudad Juárez are growing restive over the government's failure to stem the violence.Some analysts draw a parallel with Colombia.

The armed forces remained restive over the convictions, and when Carlos Menem became president in 1990, he freed the commanders whom Alfonsin had imprisoned.

Ordinary Iraqis are growing restive over the lack of Iraqi participation in the occupation administration and the prospect of indefinite foreign rule.

With Georgia already restive over economic conditions, Mr. Shevardnadze can ill afford the unrest likely to be caused by further electricity cuts.

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

"I promise you he doesn't have the votes," said Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C ., heading to a closed-dooR-N.C .om Caucus meeting, wheadingump called in to try to win over restive conservatives.

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.

Kadafi's consolidation of power over the restive piece of real estate, which appears to have taken place over the last few days, may explain his bold gambit Wednesday to try and seize rebel-controlled Port Brega, the oil terminal community far to the east of his center of power.