He longed for the restfulness of home. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Nothing can exceed the quiet restfulness of the quadrangle. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
I can touch the hot fever of your life into restfulness now. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
Constance smiled with a returning feeling of ease and restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
She improved in the quietude and restfulness of that beloved place. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
It evoked in my spirit a sense of instability, a lack of restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
Oh, the peacefulness and the restfulness of those quiet lower regions!. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Dolphin] Reference
He longed for it utterly — for the hands and the restfulness of Helena. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
Tumbling while it fell, the spacecraft had none of the restfulness of zero weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
This will give the restfulness and beauty that absolute appropriateness always lends. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
Gillian leaned back against the cushions with a feeling of greater ease and restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Besides, I'm not sure if I'll ever truly desire restfulness, at least not before I'm 60. From Wordnik.com. [12/30/02 Day 9 of the] Reference
If this rule is observed a sense of order and restfulness is communicated to the observer. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
That its restfulness is appreciated is evidenced by the number of houses that let apartments. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
In his palace also he found no comfort, his magnificent apartments brought him no restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Covenanters] Reference
There is a dignity and restfulness in plain material which is never obtained by varied patterns. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Here, then, there are sixty-four little pages of restfulness for those whose minds are troubled. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891] Reference
Laziness and restfulness were in the air, which was warm with the heat of the slowly setting sun. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference
The hotel bedrooms with their litter of trunks suggesting imminent flight had held no restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
A restfulness and quietness of spirit I never thought could be mine took possession of me so naturally. From Wordnik.com. [How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time] Reference
The tender grass shall be my couch upon the moor, so that you can know the restfulness and comfort of love. From Wordnik.com. [The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner] Reference
The same principles of beauty and utility, restfulness, comfort, and suitability, are called into requisition. From Wordnik.com. [Vocational Guidance for Girls] Reference
How influenced we all are by it, even if we are unconscious of how our sense of restfulness has been brought about. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
And with this thought a numb sort of gladness came over me, for in death there was promise of restfulness and peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Aztec Treasure-House] Reference
It is only in the fourth movement, Urlicht – sung warmly by Jard van Nes – that there is some uneasy restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [On CD: Tennstedt's "Resurrection"] Reference
It is a good place to come to when one is satiated with the beauties of the other courts, for restfulness is the keynote. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
On this stretch, of road the sunshine seemed always to lie warm and bright, and to Celia it brought a sense of restfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
And as she snuggled comfortably beneath the eiderdown a sense of restfulness invaded her, such as she had not known before. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
Occasionally he made a flying visit to Grey Town to enjoy the restfulness of "Layton," but he did not stay long even there. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Northbourne air, the restfulness of country life, and God's goodness, have combined to set up Philip Price as a robust man. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
It robs it of all dignity and restfulness, and destroys the precious traditions handed down to us since the days of Giotto. '. From Wordnik.com. [Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters] Reference
She sinks to her knees, and leaning out, absorbs into herself the restfulness, the peace, the white, pure glory, of the dawn. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
They had shared a beer, and lapsed into companionable silence while the restfulness flowed out of them and a new tide flowed in. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
May I not bring my closing years to weariness and lonesomeness, but may I have the restfulness that comes with communing with thee. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration] Reference
West, soon covering the whole sky with its gracious softness, and decided restfulness, after the glittering blue-diamond beauty of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
And I to tell you this little thing, so that you shall perceive the way that restfulness did be upon me, by compare with the Outward Going. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Land] Reference
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