bridling

Example Sentences

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Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“Consumers don’t want to purchase unless they’re seeing a 10% discount. … This is a serious improvement in the role that consumers play in bridling inflation.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

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

But even before the first international show, artists abroad were bridling against the movement’s Parisian bosses.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

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

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller