restive

The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.

[...] news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.

“Hullo, Bobbie,” I said. “Hullo, Bertie,” she said. “Hullo, Upjohn,” I said. The correct response to this would have been “Hullo, Wooster”, but he blew up in his lines and merely made a noise like a w

The politician's unctuous smile failed to calm the restive crowd demanding real answers.

The boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.