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List of antonyms from "restive" to antonyms from "resume"


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Definition of the day : « restive »

  • adj impatient, nervous
Example sentences :
  • The horse was restive, looking over its shoulder at him, not liking what was going on.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Under all these restrictions the colonies were not as yet restive.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Many of them are nervous and restive, and not easily approached.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Underneath it every horse was restive and every voice had an edge.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He dropped from the omnibus at the park entrance, where he found his restive mare.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • But sometimes, as now, she was restive under his too close scrutiny.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • "All right," she answered, for she had now quieted the restive horses.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays » by Laura Lee Hope
  • It did not succeed because human nature was contrary and restive.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • It was the girl who spoke and she addressed her restive horse in English.
  • Extract from : « The Book of All-Power » by Edgar Wallace
  • But not yet: your poor brother-in-law is restive, like many weak men.
  • Extract from : « The Wolves and the Lamb » by William Makepeace Thackeray