Read full poem →He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
Dictionary Entry
The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
In a Sentence
“She sat and fidgeted out of restlessness as she waited.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. restlessnessrestlessness great
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Poetry examples for “restlessness”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →_Now_ each visitor shall confess
The sad valley’s restlessness.
Nothing there is motionless—
Read full poem →—For spring-time is here! the summer is here! and what is this in it and from it?
Thou, Soul, unloosen’d—the restlessness after I know not what;
Come! let us lag here no longer—let us be up and away!
Read full poem →By pacing here, unwearied and alone, [A]
In that habitual restlessness of foot
That haunts the Sailor measuring [9] o'er and o'er