restless
worried and uneasy
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,878 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,740 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- worried and uneasy also: ungratified, unsatisfied
- ceaselessly in motion the restless seathe restless wind
- lacking or not affording physical or mental rest also: uneasy a restless nightshe fell into an uneasy sleep
restless in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was restless, and did not know why.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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John was restless, and with youth's ambition rebelled against the narrow restrictions of the little town.
Drusilla with a Million · Elizabeth Cooper · Chapter 1
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Here in Jean Jacques was the same ruddy brown face, black restless eye, and young, silken, brown beard.
The Money Master, Complete · Gilbert Parker · Chapter 1
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The very sheep are restless in their fold, They watch the star and do not mind the cold.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Even the dogs were whining and restless, impatient to get off again for the last stage of their journey.
A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1