bristle

Like other predatory bristle worms, this species has jaws built from structural proteins and ions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

So what gets me to bristle a little bit is that when I have to talk about that, that means — respectfully — I’m talking to somebody who doesn’t know anything about me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

And if interviewers bristle at questions or dodge them, that could be a red flag.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

At first if people said her business was her baby, she would bristle.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

For years after that, I used to get nervous whenever I found a toothbrush bristle on my tongue.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

But having grown up in less-privileged circumstances, she’s uneasy in the world she now inhabits and bristles at the condescending manner of her mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Elephants are born with about 1,000 of these bristles, lead author Andrew Schulz told AFP, many of them anchored in the trunk's wrinkles to act like feelers and help the animals assess their surroundings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

And while the ship bristles with hi-tech communications equipment, it's what we can't see that is of most concern.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

Michelle bristles; those certainly don’t seem like hard numbers, but who is she to argue with this specific point?

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

As I was about to hand the brush back to August, I saw a long, black, wavy hair threaded through the bristles.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Aronowitz has bristled at this sort of criticism.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Pentagon bristled about Anthropic demanding restrictions on use of its AI for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

In one, he visibly bristled when the Joyce defeat was raised.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

During the podcast interview, Moreno-Gama bristled at stereotypes of hysterical “AI doomers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

He had a tail—a leathery, scorpionlike tail that bristled with spikes at the tip.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Countries are pushing the president to stick to deals made last year, and some are bristling at U.S. allegations of unfair trade practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

Smith, moustache bristling, bravely taking on the terrifying West Indies pace attack or battling it out against the unrelenting Australians, was a familiar sight for England supporters for nearly a decade.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

Messi and his team-mates will head into the final bristling with confidence after another ruthless, high-scoring demolition job that followed on from their 4-0 drubbing of FC Cincinnati in the previous round.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

She stood close by Boatwright’s legs with all her fur bristling, her lips drawn back, her tail slowly swinging, a deep growl like distant thunder coming from her throat.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman