bristle

Twelve months on, for their Premier League opener at Brighton on Sunday, Ollie Watkins was the name to make Emery bristle.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Not in my favor: I cannot abide hippie culture, bristle at the slightest whiff of woo woo and balk reflexively at the phrase “loving kindness,” which immediately calls to mind the worst person I know.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

So what gets me to bristle a little bit is that when I have to talk about that, that means — respectfully — I’m talking to somebody who doesn’t know anything about me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

And if interviewers bristle at questions or dodge them, that could be a red flag.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

The hogs, some still alive, were dipped next in a vat of boiling water, then scraped clean of bristle—the bristle saved in bins below the scraping tables.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

An exquisite anthology of Cohn’s writing from his early days through the present, “Corner Boy” bristles with the electric, contrarian voice of a working cultural critic.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The White House also bristles at Amodei's repeated warnings about the dangers of AI -- including the impact on jobs -- and his calls to regulate its deployment like airlines or banks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Alito bristles at the retirement speculation, some of the people close to him say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But having grown up in less-privileged circumstances, she’s uneasy in the world she now inhabits and bristles at the condescending manner of her mother-in-law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

He was an old man in suspenders, one useless eye wandering loose in its socket, poorly shaven wattles of skin at his throat—raw, chafed, and pinkish folds with sparse silver bristles poking out of them.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Shanahan, McVay’s friend/mentor/nemesis, had bristled at the fact that the 49ers were chosen as the Rams’ opponent because it took away the ability of 49ers fans to descend onto SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a tense opening set, Sabalenka bristled with frustration early on as unforced errors crept into her game while Pegula settled quickly and struck the ball cleanly.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

April Bradley recently bristled at having to pay $7.95 for a shipping label to return a pair of Lane Bryant jeans she bought online that didn’t fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The White House has also bristled at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's repeated warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence -- including the impact on jobs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

What I found was a black man with a warm disposition and a booming voice, who bristled with energy and was constantly in motion, his hands swooping like birds in flight to accentuate his points.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

“I don’t know what a ‘John Turturro type’ is,” he says, bristling slightly at the suggestion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mr. Gibney provides a useful overview of an eventful life but frequently veers off-track into bristling hyperbole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But Lissie Harper said that she was "beyond appalled and bristling with anger to hear that Andrew's killers are soon to be free to roam the streets".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

And then he seemed to disappear into himself, his gaze drifting past me to the sky, bristling now with stars.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs