bristly
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Idris makes his rookie character bristly yet endearing, with the thin-skinned transparency of a generation raised to measure its worth in likes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024
The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
“It mixes new directors and old ones — the venerable King Vidor is here this year — actors, distributors, scholars and the bristly and ardent society of film buffs,” The Times wrote in 1976.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
He was a very small old man, but he had a huge bald head and a face that was covered all over with bristly black whiskers.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing bristly
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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