bristling

Example Sentences

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Countries are pushing the president to stick to deals made last year, and some are bristling at U.S. allegations of unfair trade practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 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

Messi and his team-mates will head into the final bristling with confidence after another ruthless, high-scoring demolition job that followed on from their 4-0 drubbing of FC Cincinnati in the previous round.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

An entire phalanx of dracamae marched in the lead, their shields locked together, spear tips bristling over the top.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan