bristles
Example Sentences
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Mr. Esparza, a four-time Tony nominee, has often exuded a molten intensity onstage, and he bristles with dark ferocity here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
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
Manning bristles at the terms “arm talent” and proclamations that a certain quarterback can “spin it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Scarce had they drunk when she flew after them with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty— bodies, voices, heads, and bristles, all swinish now, though minds were still unchanged.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
