restlessness

Example Sentences

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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

Depression was assessed through a questionnaire asking about depressed mood, disinterest, restlessness or lethargy during the previous two weeks.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

The very spirit of enterprise that lured Smithson’s money in the first place could also be associated with a kind of restlessness, mounting recurring challenges to the established order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Yet through all the retirements and the restlessness, the rejections and the reincarnations, Parker has always managed to land on his feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

This was normal for volcanoes, Luna knew—they are restless sleepers—and this restlessness was usually not a problem.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill