bristle

From a distance, Malaysia's Forest City looks 3D-printed: a bristle of identical white blocks clustered on an otherwise unremarkable coastline.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

She may bristle at the paperwork or issues of mortality.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Not in my favor: I cannot abide hippie culture, bristle at the slightest whiff of woo woo and balk reflexively at the phrase “loving kindness,” which immediately calls to mind the worst person I know.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

So what gets me to bristle a little bit is that when I have to talk about that, that means — respectfully — I’m talking to somebody who doesn’t know anything about me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

I bristle at being referred to as an object, but say nothing.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

We gather her keen interest isn’t entirely touristy but also, because Hinds is so good, that his wisecracks about religion — which she bristles at — have a basis in something personal, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

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

Cohen bristles at the term meme stock, telling the Journal it is “a label people use when they don’t want to do the work” on a stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

And while the ship bristles with hi-tech communications equipment, it's what we can't see that is of most concern.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

Aronowitz has bristled at this sort of criticism.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Standout reporting on Colossal has been done by Michael Le Page of the British journal New Scientist, whose most recent article bristled with skeptical takes about the hatchling announcement from established scientists.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

In one, he visibly bristled when the Joyce defeat was raised.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Networks with multiyear deals in hand have bristled at the move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But it bristled with Lawrence’s self-confidence and his manner of intuitively grasping possibilities well ahead of realities—in this case, the production of sustained resonant proton beams with a million volts of kinetic energy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Jasper Wiese had swept past Alex Coles with a run bristling with evil intent.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

The top is divided into 10-by-10 grids bristling with small colorful flags designating where the plants should be placed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

“I like the Yankee way better,” she said, bristling.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns