Example Sentences

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As word of the arrests spread, other protesters milled restively outside the cordoned-off area around Trafalgar Square.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

There’s also a lack of geographic focus; whereas Kubrick homed in on the Overlook and pretty much stayed there, Flanagan’s film is all over the place, crossing restively from state to state.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 8, 2019

He attended the University of Granada, but restively.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

But despite such acclaim, Jackie remained vaguely, restively dissatisfied.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brush along the road stirred restively under a new and unexpected population of gray tigers and gray bears.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck