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bristling
adjective as in bushy
adjective as in fraught
adjective as in pricky
adjective as in teeming
adjective as in thick
Strongest matches
adjective as in thistly
adjective as in thorny
noun as in roughness
Example Sentences
This set of two Oxo scrub brushes is designed for the hardest to reach, toughest stains, with durable nylon bristles and comfortable no-slip grips.
Avoid wringing out a brush after washing, which can damage its bristles, Lee said.
If you don’t, “the bristles tend to get frayed and do not effectively remove as much bacteria and plaque from your mouth,” she says.
But the tanks with their guns bristling ominously toward Syrian territory failed to respond to the shelling.
The Caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.
Security guards stand about, bristling with straps and guns and billy clubs.
The National Rifle Association was always there bristling on the barricades of opposition.
In what way, exactly, is a nation bristling with armaments like people gunned down by the Einsatzgruppen?
His face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.
The duke was agricultural above all things; he had a model estate bristling with scientific improvement.
With his hair bristling, Balsamo receded to the door, uncertain whether to flee or remain.
His overcoat was army blue, but he wore a bristling fur cap, and his rifle was slung on his back.
Two of the dark-grey masses, bristling with steel on our front, began to move towards the battery.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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