Show anger or indignation.
1 And it's not just politicians that might bristle at Ma's ambition.
2 Now the boy sat rubbing the bristle at the crown of his head.
3 As events progress, her new partner begins to bristle at some of her habits.
4 Oil and gas firms bristle at being lumped into the debate alongside carbon-intensive coal.
5 Why did some of Mueller's team reportedly bristle at Barr's characterization of their work?
6 Now I must say I began to bristle at being spoken to like that.
7 They bristle at the very mention of the issue.
8 But authorities bristle at any suggestion of tax dodging.
9 But climbers and wearable-computing experts bristle at a computer that makes life-and-death decisions for them.
10 I left them standing all alone, with nothing but the empty night to bristle at .
11 They also bristle at the idea of having to follow Brussels' lead on tariffs after Brexit.
12 The industrial regions in northern Italy would not be the only ones to bristle at that.
13 He'd wondered if she would bristle at that.
14 At this point it would be only, er, human to bristle at the temerity of these geeks.
15 There are, to be sure, a few men on our council who bristle at a woman's authority.
16 Miriam, to my dismay, understood the insult I had intended, but she did not bristle at it.
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