bristle

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From BBC

She also has been a reporter for more than three decades, including the last 18 years at the Free Press, and bristles at being labeled “fake media.”

From Los Angeles Times

The opossum’s so excited, his fur starts bristling and glinting with moonlight.

From Literature