bristling
Example Sentences
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Countries are pushing the president to stick to deals made last year, and some are bristling at U.S. allegations of unfair trade practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 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
Pictured here were the streets of Bombay, tense and bristling with thousands of volunteers aligned with the Congress.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
And in less than half an hour, Stella’s front room was filled with the bristling anger of the black men of Bumblebee.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
