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restlessness

[rest-lis-nis] / ˈrɛst lɪs nɪs /


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He's an unlikely music sensation, whose rootsy songs of restlessness and belonging captured TikTok's Gen Z romantics.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

By filtering such a common feeling through a strange and delightfully unsettling narrative lens, “By Design” contends with our modern restlessness in far more memorable fashion than many big-budget, big-idea films of the last year.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

The show portrays an artist driven by an omnivorous restlessness, forever chasing and endeavoring to synthesize various artistic influences and mystical belief systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 31, 2026

His restlessness, be it musical, culinary or otherwise cultural, took him to San Francisco and New York.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

There was restlessness in the air now, as if we had all packed everything too quickly and too well and we needed something else to do.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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