bridling

Example Sentences

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Agency for International Development, some African governments are bridling at the conditions he has set for resuming funding to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

In her autobiography, Mrs. Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

Channeling both Henry James and Edith Wharton, this section focuses on a man of privilege bridling against the conventions of his era in order to feel real love, perhaps to his peril.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022

Mr. VandeHei, by then Politico’s chief executive, was already bridling at working for the family business — and he wanted to go ahead with the deal.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2021

Yossarian demanded, rising up slowly on one elbow with bridling hostility.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller