bristle
Example Sentences
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One of the settlement’s most onerous requirements—at which investment banks have bristled for years—was the firewall that separates investment banking from research analysts.
Most children will bristle at the principles and practices outlined above.
In fight week, he bristled at the mention of criticism, describing detractors as a "peanut gallery that doesn't exist" and insisting the question of whether he belongs no longer concerns him.
From BBC
The teacher bristled, with anger moistening her eyes: “Just think of where you would prefer to live.”
The SNP's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn joked "can we get some popcorn", as both men bristled.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
