The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright.
1 The island has been showing signs of restiveness since early last year.
2 The pallor had vanished from his cheeks and the restiveness from his eyes.
3 Her restiveness is absolutely alluring, and excites all my hunting instinct.
4 This restiveness and impracticability are principally incident to us in the period of youth.
5 Knowing the hazards of life, he could not quite justify himself in encouraging Godwin's restiveness .
6 Adrian, oblivious to the family's restiveness , now joined the recorded voice to make a duet.
7 Jacques watched Leo outside, pacing with increasing restiveness .
8 Life had given him much and demanded little, which was perhaps the reason for his restiveness .
9 Elgar, too, had subdued his restiveness , and began to look forward with pleasure to the expedition.
10 There was definitely a restiveness in the stands, where approximately half the audience was now sitting.
11 The long career of formal experiment and generic restiveness has made the success of these historical novels.
12 Wood smoke scented the forest, and sitting in the cold, listening and watching, I sensed Walter's restiveness .
13 A certain restiveness could be noted in the public mind, heretofore so obedient to the long Tory tradition.
14 The other steeds seemed to catch this infectious restiveness , and the beggars were driven to a safer distance.
15 Fiorsen's passion for the sea, a passion Gyp could share, kept him singularly moderate and free from restiveness .
16 The predictable restiveness of the supporters over the treatment of the Scotland midfielder, however, took some time to materialise.
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