bristly

Advances by Gillette that made everyday shaving less painful—and the rise of bristly adversaries like Stalin and Hitler—drove American politicians into a long period of clean-shavedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The solution to Australia's problem of replacing David Warner was sitting in plain sight with a mullet and bristly Australian moustache.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 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 other carried a bristly stick, with which they used to scratch the cephalopods’ sensitive skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024

It was a random, bristly beard, and some of the bristles were white, even though Billy was only twenty-one years old.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

With his wispy white hair, a bristlier white beard and red-rimmed eyes, he has the look of a gentleman rabbit, not a warlike royal.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2015

He looked bristlier than ever, and was plainly in a state of joyous excitement.

From The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham

In the evening, calling to make polite inquiries as to his health, I found him still in bed looking grimier and bristlier than the night before.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke