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Significados de bristling em inglês

A sprat of the species Sprattus sprattus.

Uso de bristling em inglês
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The bristling hair lay flat on his back; the threatening jaws closed.
In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce
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The knights held steady on their horses in the gloom, weapons bristling.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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The other seven dogs of the team were likewise bristling and snarling.
The Turtles of Tasman
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Through that opening we could see the bristling peaks of the Sextenthal.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
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Ombey was a thriving decent place to live, bristling with justified optimism.
The Reality Dysfunction
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THE underdogs travelled to Thurles yesterday bristling with thoughts of an upset.
The Irish Times
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He faced the boy, bristling and snarling, his sense of justice outraged.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
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Well, so no more of yonder ladies save in her bristling presence.
The Hidden Children
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The thicket, bristling as it was, struck him as the best road.
Les Misérables
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The problem soon proved to be both fascinating and bristling with difficulties.
Amusements in Mathematics
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Zélie gazed with a bristling of even the hairs upon her lip.
The Lady of Fort St. John
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A dozen gophers with bristling tails bounded clear of the smoke ring.
The Heart of Unaga
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Ju was round on him in a flash, his walrus moustache bristling.
The Forfeit
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The mob of bison, bristling, turned to lumber after the main herd.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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Pop rode into the centre of the yelling crowd, his whiskers bristling.
Cow-Country
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Bastet's fur was bristling and her bare arms dimpled with goose bumps.
The Alchemyst
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