restive

Example Sentences

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Yet, however destructive to his personal life, Matthiessen’s restive, yearning nature animated the best of his fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Delhi, the challenge is not just managing a fallen ally in exile, but preserving a neighbour central to its security - from counterterrorism and border management to access to its restive north-eastern region.

From BBC

Will restive Labour MPs try to shift government policy yet again?

From BBC

Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.

From Barron's

Many Labour MPs are sympathetic to this move, which could make a future vote awkward for a restive party because the leadership has always resisted calls to go that far.

From BBC