- present participle of bristle.
bristling
Example Sentences
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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
But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
Patches of rougher and mare bristling green appeared in the valley.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
