bristling
Example Sentences
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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
High overhead, military aircraft bristling with antennas and probes scan surrounding waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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
As soon as she said that, Mrs. Coulter’s daemon snapped his head up to look at her, and all the golden fur on his little body stood up, bristling, as if it were charged itself.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
