bristles

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Jan. 14, 2026

But the Growler bristles with electronic-warfare equipment, much of which it carries in large pods under its wings and belly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Michelle bristles; those certainly don’t seem like hard numbers, but who is she to argue with this specific point?

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

The bristles cast a powder in the air and I closed my eyes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides