bristly
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But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024
The other carried a bristly stick, with which they used to scratch the cephalopods’ sensitive skin.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023
This trap contained two fully grown, rotund adults, two balls of bristly fur that had merged into what one member of the trapping team called a single “big squish.”
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023
You couldn't tell whether the person in the picture was a man or a woman, because their hair was shaved off and sprouted in bristly chicken-feather tufts all over their head.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Vocabulary lists containing bristly
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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