Restlessly

Examples

• No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I wish I were going myself, said Charles Darnay, somewhat restlessly, and like one thinking aloud. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But I was restlessly curious to look at her--so curious that I felt it to be one of the few sources of entertainment left to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The evening was fast closing in; and from time to time, he turned the whites of his eyes restlessly and impatiently towards his father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Raffles was worse, would take hardly any food, was persistently wakeful and restlessly raving; but still not violent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We found Miss Verinder, pale and agitated, restlessly pacing her sitting-room from end to end. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To my surprise I found him alone; restlessly pacing his room, and a little irritated at being left by himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We found him moving restlessly from side to side of the bed, and wondering irritably whether he was to have the laudanum that night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She understood my gesture; again her head fell; again her fingers worked restlessly. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Sir,' replied Bradley, very restlessly indeed, 'I know all the circumstances of that case. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The little doctor sat restlessly picking at the points of his fingers all the time I was speaking. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I can't be amused on this theme,' said Mortimer, restlessly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Turning restlessly, she drew the bedclothes round her; my elbow, resting on a corner of the quilt, fixed it down: she was at once irritated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Her eyes wandered restlessly over the distant prospect, and she bit her nether lip to stop that busy mouth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sometimes, I had proceeded restlessly from place to place, stopping nowhere; sometimes, I had lingered long in one spot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He rose again restlessly, and reiterated his first words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It made her restlessly irritated till she could do something. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Your tale is of the longest,' observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I heard the visitor walking restlessly backwards and forwards. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Restlessly active, after his manner, he multiplied himself to wait on all; but oh! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Ethelred