bristle

“I bristle sometimes with the attitude that like, ‘Wow, we’re all going to hell, ha ha ha!’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Not in my favor: I cannot abide hippie culture, bristle at the slightest whiff of woo woo and balk reflexively at the phrase “loving kindness,” which immediately calls to mind the worst person I know.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Russia's tone, and the attempt to steal the initiative, will make Ukrainians bristle.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

And if interviewers bristle at questions or dodge them, that could be a red flag.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

What little hair he had left formed a semicircle of white bristle that started above his ears and met somewhere in the back.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

An exquisite anthology of Cohn’s writing from his early days through the present, “Corner Boy” bristles with the electric, contrarian voice of a working cultural critic.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mr. Esparza, a four-time Tony nominee, has often exuded a molten intensity onstage, and he bristles with dark ferocity here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

We gather her keen interest isn’t entirely touristy but also, because Hinds is so good, that his wisecracks about religion — which she bristles at — have a basis in something personal, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

But the Growler bristles with electronic-warfare equipment, much of which it carries in large pods under its wings and belly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

It was a random, bristly beard, and some of the bristles were white, even though Billy was only twenty-one years old.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

From Huntington Beach to the edge of Santa Barbara, the coast bristled with wells — “like a porcupine” was the popular imagery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In a tense opening set, Sabalenka bristled with frustration early on as unforced errors crept into her game while Pegula settled quickly and struck the ball cleanly.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

April Bradley recently bristled at having to pay $7.95 for a shipping label to return a pair of Lane Bryant jeans she bought online that didn’t fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The White House has also bristled at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's repeated warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence -- including the impact on jobs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

He charged through the rails, bristled up and roaring almost as loud as the bulls.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

“I don’t know what a ‘John Turturro type’ is,” he says, bristling slightly at the suggestion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

Morgan, who was working at Bennigan’s when Texas Roadhouse recruited him in 1997, remembers bristling at the buy-in—and having to borrow from his parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

“But the expense! There are train tickets and hotels . . .” His great black eyebrows drew together in a single bristling line.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood