bristling
Example Sentences
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A few blocks away, members of another branch of the House of Rothschild were bristling over the reputational knock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
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
“I resent your implication, Swyft,” Mace Tyrell said, bristling.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
