Usage of "bristle at"

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Show anger or indignation.

Uso de bristle at em inglês

And it's not just politicians that might bristle at Ma's ambition. 
 Reuters 

Now the boy sat rubbing the bristle at the crown of his head. 
 Bone fire 

As events progress, her new partner begins to bristle at some of her habits. 
 The Irish Times 

Oil and gas firms bristle at being lumped into the debate alongside carbon-intensive coal. 
 Reuters 

Why did some of Mueller's team reportedly bristle at Barr's characterization of their work? 
 Wired 

Now I must say I began to bristle at being spoken to like that. 
 Pomona's Travels / A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder... 

They bristle at the very mention of the issue. 
 The Irish Times 

But authorities bristle at any suggestion of tax dodging. 
 Reuters 

But climbers and wearable-computing experts bristle at a computer that makes life-and-death decisions for them. 
 Wired 

I left them standing all alone, with nothing but the empty night to bristle at. 
 Jimgrim and Allah's Peace 

They also bristle at the idea of having to follow Brussels' lead on tariffs after Brexit. 
 Reuters 

The industrial regions in northern Italy would not be the only ones to bristle at that. 
 The Guardian 

He'd wondered if she would bristle at that. 
 Rogues 

At this point it would be only, er, human to bristle at the temerity of these geeks. 
 The Guardian 

There are, to be sure, a few men on our council who bristle at a woman's authority. 
 Daughters of the Nile 

Miriam, to my dismay, understood the insult I had intended, but she did not bristle at it. 
 A conspiracy of paper: a novel 

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Translations for bristle at

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Bristle at nas variantes da língua

Estados Unidos da América

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Significados de bristle at em inglês