Sentence example with the word 'restive'

restive

antsy, bulletheaded, discontented, fretful, impatient of control, malcontent, perfunctory, resisting, tenacious, unmoldable, wrongheaded

Last update: August 16, 2015


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This is a restive horse.   [adjective]

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Another hour passed in waiting and the crowd grew restive.   [adjective]

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The consultants are getting a bit restive about their negotiations.   [adjective]

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The old bureaucracy, particularly the increasingly restive military caste, is pressing for an increasingly aggressive foreign policy.   [adjective]

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"Ay, ay," said a fourth; "and in case he be restive, fetch thou Dick Hunter's horn, that he drenches his mare withal."   [adjective]

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The beast, being restive, rubbed against the ladder with his flank and shook it violently just as Tristram dislodged the swarm overhead.   [adjective]

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He gave an angry thrust to his horse, which had grown restive under him, and plunged into the water, heading for the deepest part where the current was swift.   [adjective]

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Rostov's horse was also getting restive: it pawed the frozen ground, pricking its ears at the noise and looking at the lights.   [adjective]

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As often happens, the horses of a convoy wagon became restive at the end of the bridge, and the whole crowd had to wait.   [adjective]

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Zeus punished him for his impiety by sending [259]a gadfly to sting the horse, who became so restive that he threw his rider, who was precipitated to the earth.   [adjective]

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The crowd is restive in the presence of the impulses of paladins.   [adjective]

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