bristling
Example Sentences
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He admits now many in China have "material abundance" and "skylines bristling with high-rises and streets teeming with traffic."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
High overhead, military aircraft bristling with antennas and probes scan surrounding waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
The cat’s for was on end, and its tail was bristling like a chimney sweep’s brush.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
