bristling

Example Sentences

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High overhead, military aircraft bristling with antennas and probes scan surrounding waters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 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

Smith, moustache bristling, bravely taking on the terrifying West Indies pace attack or battling it out against the unrelenting Australians, was a familiar sight for England supporters for nearly a decade.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

It might resemble a great, bloated abdomen bristling with legs, but the proportions were wrong.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor