Sentence examples for was restive with from inspiring English sources
In the 1760s he attempted four times to crush the Sikhs, but his empire was restive with serious revolts nearer home, and he lost control of the Punjab to them.
During the World War, Roy Howard had been restive with Pegler's offensiveness.
Staff are restive, with some still angry over how the recent departures of hosts Joy Reid and Ronan Farrow were handled, and are wondering how long the channel president, Griffin, can hold his spot.
Under the Indonesian republic the people continued to be restive, with open rebellion in 1953, and the creation of Aceh as a special district, administratively equal with the country's provinces, in 1956 did not solve the problem.
Handsworth and Aston's recent history has been restive, with the most shocking incidents often gang related.
The military was restive.
The working class was restive.
By 2003, China's trade surplus with the United States was ballooning, and lawmakers in Congress were restive.
