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Six example sentences with restive, each labelled with its topic.
The audience grew restive during the long second act, and half a dozen people slipped out before the interval.
Movies
Passengers became restive after the third delay announcement, crowding the desk long before any new gate was posted.
Travel
By the fourth year of poor harvests the countryside had grown restive, and the assembly finally cut the grain tax.
History
The crowd outside parliament grew restive as the vote dragged into a third hour without a result.
Politics
The arena turned restive during a seven-minute review, with fans whistling every time the referees walked back to the monitor.
Basketball
Investors were restive ahead of the earnings call, and the stock swung three percent in either direction all morning.
Finance
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