bristly

The Solihull-born coach had become bristly with the media during his time in England in high-pressured jobs.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Advances by Gillette that made everyday shaving less painful—and the rise of bristly adversaries like Stalin and Hitler—drove American politicians into a long period of clean-shavedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Idris makes his rookie character bristly yet endearing, with the thin-skinned transparency of a generation raised to measure its worth in likes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

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

He was a very small old man, but he had a huge bald head and a face that was covered all over with bristly black whiskers.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

With his wispy white hair, a bristlier white beard and red-rimmed eyes, he has the look of a gentleman rabbit, not a warlike royal.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2015

In the evening, calling to make polite inquiries as to his health, I found him still in bed looking grimier and bristlier than the night before.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke

He looked bristlier than ever, and was plainly in a state of joyous excitement.

From The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham