bristle

Example Sentences

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Pictured here were the streets of Bombay, tense and bristling with thousands of volunteers aligned with the Congress.

From BBC

But critics say that a more "militarised" coastline, bristling with new policing equipment paid for by the UK, is compelling people to take ever greater risks in their determination to cross the Channel.

From BBC

They have elongated bodies with rows of bristled parapodia on their sides and a hidden set of pincer-shaped jaws that can be extruded for feeding.

From Science Daily

His pitch so bristles with disinformation and pseudoscience that it’s been disavowed by virtually his entire family, whose name has been synonymous with progressive politics and policy for generations.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, he and the people close to him bristle at the notion.

From New York Times