bristle

She may bristle at the paperwork or issues of mortality.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

Many residents are thrilled by the promising tool, but others bristle at the idea of manipulating nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

If it were her back or another tough area that warranted a good scratch, she would use the bristle end of a broom.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

The hogs, some still alive, were dipped next in a vat of boiling water, then scraped clean of bristle—the bristle saved in bins below the scraping tables.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Manning bristles at the terms “arm talent” and proclamations that a certain quarterback can “spin it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

He wore a yellow loincloth, and his hair was spiky, like the bristles on a stalk of wheat.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Aronowitz has bristled at this sort of criticism.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

The White House bristled at the suggestion that the president has lost cultural potency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Others have bristled at symbolic changes, including Rodríguez’s shift away from the movement’s trademark red imagery to a light blue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Carrick bristled when the term 'on the beach' was used in relation to a team that is virtually guaranteed to finish third regardless of what happens in their final three matches.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Dumbledore’s voice carried no hint of a threat; it sounded like a mere statement, but Fudge bristled as though Dumbledore were advancing upon him with a wand.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

But Lissie Harper said that she was "beyond appalled and bristling with anger to hear that Andrew's killers are soon to be free to roam the streets".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

They carried shields made from flattened cars, and clubs that were tree trunks with rusty spikes bristling at the end.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan