bristle

Example Sentences

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Pictured here were the streets of Bombay, tense and bristling with thousands of volunteers aligned with the Congress.

From BBC

And while the ship bristles with hi-tech communications equipment, it's what we can't see that is of most concern.

From BBC

The tower is bristling with high-tech instruments - sensors that track almost everything happening between the forest and the atmosphere: water vapor, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.

From BBC

Manning bristles at the terms “arm talent” and proclamations that a certain quarterback can “spin it.”

From Los Angeles Times

After comparing the markings with modern examples, the scientists concluded that they were made by a soft-bodied marine bristle worm belonging to a group known as spionids.

From Science Daily