restless
Example Sentences
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"Imagine, without sleep, my child was restless all night," Quinones said.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
To start their companies, founders have to be creative, restless, slightly delusional and outrageously ambitious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Stella’s restless energy in wanting to fix things spurs her to arrange an impromptu trip for them to Amsterdam.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Around him orbits a constellation of classmates - caustic, thoughtful, restless - who debate Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, Karl Marx and the price of cigarettes with equal seriousness.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Unable to sit still, she wandered the halls like a restless ghost.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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