How to Use restless in a Sentence

restless

adjective
  • He started to feel restless and discontent in his job.
  • The audience was becoming restless.
  • At times, the crowd grew restless and bored, and some left early.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Carter pleaded her case above the squeals of a restless baby in the gallery.
    — Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, 9 Jan. 2020
  • What better way to mark 90 years than to put a restless brain to work?
    — Anne Quito, Quartz at Work, 26 June 2019
  • This news doesn’t quite do the trick in calming my restless mind.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Not restless, just wants to lie with you and snuggle up.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 June 2024
  • For all the restless nights, there will be even more days filled with laughter and love.
    — Anna Moeslein, Parents, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The Eagles have opened the season with two losses and the fans are restless.
    — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The book opens by calling forth the restless spirit of Mary MacLane.
    — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The thrill of this movie lies in what's implied not seen and on quick glimpses of restless spirits.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Even with her slight doll-like frame, Sammi stood out from the throngs of restless kids in T-shirts and shorts.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • But this purple plant isn’t the only cure for a restless night.
    — Miranda Silva, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
  • But the day was warm, and, by the afternoon, the crowd was beginning to grow restless.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
  • But Will, who works at a Christmas tree farm, grows restless.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 28 June 2018
  • For Lawrence, the woman is the ever-restless agent of social change.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Though those close to him would like him to move on, Stepp seems restless and eager to talk about the case that put him in the headlines.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
  • If the kids get restless, there’s ample room to play catch behind the fences or a toss of cornhole.
    — Bill Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019
  • Tony’s restless spirit will roam the earth in search of justice, truth and a great bowl of noodles.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 8 June 2018
  • As the weeks ticked by, people on the Internet grew restless.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The whole process was fairly mundane and often led to restless nights.
    — Sarah Madaus, Allure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But those of us restless at home, worried about the present and even more concerned about the future, need some rays of light.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The crowd appeared to be restless after over a minute of this, shouting, whistling and booing.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Darius Spencer of San Diego, who spent the night at the airport, played his ukelele to help keep the restless crowd entertained.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Kamala’s Glock and Camo hats on their own just weren’t enough to sway restless voters in the middle.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • To prevent this, your jaw may grind back and forth to keep the airway open, which can result in restless sleep.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Last year, Woodard’s restless sights turned toward the water.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Letting his muse run free Can a person be grounded and restless at the same time?
    — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2018
  • The Backstreets is a restless book that shifts freely among various modes.
    — Ed Park, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But not on this recent Wednesday — because the herd is restless.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025

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