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
• 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
• The book opens by calling forth the restless spirit of Mary MacLane.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Backstreets is a restless book that shifts freely among various modes.
  — Ed Park, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
• Fans are getting restless again in West Texas, never a good sign.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2021
• These restless volcanoes might stay in this state for years or decades.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• Finding the best pillow can take many restless nights (or years!) of testing and maybe even an achy neck here and there.
  — Samantha Rees, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
• But after five years at the firm, Ryoo began to feel restless.
  — Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• The letter comes at a critical point in the strike, as many members have started to grow restless.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
• Still, rents are now so high, the prospect of finding another home is causing her restless nights and headaches.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• His father and namesake, Chester, was one of 18 children in Oklahoma, the son of a restless man, who wasn’t around much.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2022
• The surest sign a college football program is in trouble is when the alumni grow restless.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• The livestock are restless, tossing their heads and lowing to themselves.
  — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
• Like many a restless prince before him, Peltz Beckham needed a way to set himself apart from Mum and Dad — a path that, for him, ran through the kitchen.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
• Your comforter and sheets set can be the difference between a good night’s sleep or a restless night spent kicking the covers off the bed.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2024
• Fans likely won’t tire of it, but the film’s long duration may leave some viewers restless.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
• Both films are in black and white, and both are chronologically restless, dancing to and fro from year to year.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2020
• As the restaurant emptied before game time, Jett got restless.
  — Emma Carmichael, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Anything beyond that and Sarkisian might face a restless fan base.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2021
• Hands that had never fidgeted were suddenly restless, moving back and forth.
  — Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024