bristling
Example Sentences
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High overhead, military aircraft bristling with antennas and probes scan surrounding waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 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
Messi and his team-mates will head into the final bristling with confidence after another ruthless, high-scoring demolition job that followed on from their 4-0 drubbing of FC Cincinnati in the previous round.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
“A fur muff?” she demanded, each word bristling with suspicion.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
