The consultants are
getting a bit restive
about their negotiations.
The old bureaucracy, particularly the
increasingly restive
military caste, is pressing for an increasingly aggressive foreign policy.
The english colonies, with the enemy thus in their rear,
grew ever more restive.
Restive populations, governments are likely to return to protective barriers.
Another is that some parts of central iraq populated by the once dominant sunni community remain
too restive
to assure a large voter turnout.
A territory where no presence is maintained could
become restive, causing production to suffer, or even rebel.
Restive kurdish minority.
The french, we heard, were
getting restive.
Restive horse.
Restive city
of baquba, northeast of baghdad.
Restive youths
should this ugly trend continue.
Restive crowd
threw stones and attempts were made to rush the building.
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