bristling
Example Sentences
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A few blocks away, members of another branch of the House of Rothschild were bristling over the reputational knock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
That was the same year as his no-holds-barred memoir Spare and a year after the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary, both bristling with controversial views on the Royal Family.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 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
But she said the contractor disappeared with their money, leaving them with a half-built shell of a house bristling with construction defects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn’t lie down but stood up bristling.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
