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
But she said the contractor disappeared with their money, leaving them with a half-built shell of a house bristling with construction defects.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
A bristling fox is better than a deranged, half-shod idiot.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
