Sentence examples for seemed restive from inspiring English sources

Having been slightly ill, as I learned later, he had spent the day in his room, and now seemed restive.

By 2013 the Government Pension Fund had swelled to some $750 billion, yet, despite the continued economic prosperity under Stoltenberg, the Norwegian electorate seemed restive as it rejected his government in parliamentary elections in September 2013.

Voters appear restive, often reluctant to support the larger parties.

To the Chinese, everything is about stability, and China's impoverished farmers, the country's leadership seemed to fear, are restive enough these days.

Ministers seemed to have placated restive Tory backbenchers at the time of the Queen's speech last month by backing down on proposals for blanket conversions of all schools.

Now the No. 2's -- the sous-chefs, or the chefs de cuisine -- seem to be restive.

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.

This grim anniversary falls in Halloween week, when spirits of the departed seem so notoriously restive, and those searching for the insistent phantoms of Penn Station can find them deep in the bustling, claustrophobic warren that has been carved out of the old terminal's subterranean remains.

Now the [New York City] sous-chefs, or the chefs de cuisine, seem to be restive.

Although located in a bustling urban setting, the modern day Alamo seems a tranquil, restive place suited for relaxation or contemplation.

But after his injury he appeared to be changed: he was still stubborn, still restive, but he seemed to possess a new inner calm.