bristle

She may bristle at the paperwork or issues of mortality.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Like other predatory bristle worms, this species has jaws built from structural proteins and ions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

Many residents are thrilled by the promising tool, but others bristle at the idea of manipulating nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

At first if people said her business was her baby, she would bristle.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

He would bristle when I tried to urge him that the proposed book was his life.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Alito bristles at the retirement speculation, some of the people close to him say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

Dr Xand says it's important to "focus on the sensation of the bristles" and approach tooth brushing mindfully, not scrolling on your phone at the same time.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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

The Valkyrian skyline bristled with peaks that I’d been reading about since I was a child.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

He admits now many in China have "material abundance" and "skylines bristling with high-rises and streets teeming with traffic."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

A total of thirty fresh warriors, armor gleaming and eyes frill of hate, lowered their lances as one—making a bristling wall of death.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan