bristles
Example Sentences
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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
Paul “PB” Branson, who graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in May, bristles at the thought.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Elephants are born with about 1,000 of these bristles, lead author Andrew Schulz told AFP, many of them anchored in the trunk's wrinkles to act like feelers and help the animals assess their surroundings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
She also has been a reporter for more than three decades, including the last 18 years at the Free Press, and bristles at being labeled “fake media.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
