Sentence examples for restive to from inspiring English sources

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But as time went by, I gradually became restive - restive to write something beyond press kits again.

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The slippery difference between a thriller and a non-thriller would hardly be worth groping for did not the thriller-writers themselves seem to be restive — chafing to escape, yearning for a less restrictive contract with the reader.

It will also put him under tremendous pressure from his own restive backbenchers to move further to the right to counter the Ukip threat.

Once the smuggling, from which Russian soldiers and a few thousand Ossetians make a handsome living, is brought under control, it should be possible to bring the restive province to heel albeit with a generous dose of autonomy.

That leaves only one gift left to get for myself, to catapult me from the restive 99 percent to the let-them-eat-cake 1 percent: Francis Kurkdjian's Extrait de Parfum, 200 milliliters.

Any talk of fraternization with Labour at the moment could encourage restive Conservative MPs to be less loyal to the government, he suggested.

Supporters say the AVE has begun to transform the country, binding remote and sometimes restive regions to Madrid and leading traditionally homebound Spaniards to move around for work or leisure.

Beyond the memorandum, Mr. Lott has taken other steps to placate restive Republicans and to try to secure his position.

Supporters say the AVE has begun to transform the country, binding remote and sometimes restive regions to Madrid and prompting traditionally home-bound Spaniards to move around for work or leisure.

Even as Sarkozy was, presumably, still hesitating over his dessert menu, the comedian Jean-Marie Bigard built like a night-club bouncer, but less funny urged the restive mob to sing the word "Sarkozy" to the tune of "Happy Birthday".

If Dr. Dean spent months allowing restive Democrats to feel that it was good to be angry, Mr. Kerry began persuading voters last month that it would be better to get even -- for the election of 2000.

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