Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
1 In fact, some Broadway insiders bristled at the hypocrisy of the situation.
2 At the sound the hair bristled upon the back of the listener.
3 Gingrich bristled when CNN debate moderator John King asked about the allegations.
4 The Prime Minister bristled ; he seemed now to be on the track.
5 The Republican president has long bristled at that finding, which Russia denies.
6 She saw Jove and the dog saw her; fur and hair bristled .
7 Yet Hart bristled when asked if he had faith in England's rearguard.
8 Her spine bristled thinking about the arguments they'd had at family get-togethers.
9 He bristled when asked whether he still had another victory in him.
10 The two across the board bristled aggressively and the plucked one sniffled.
11 She bristled at the suggestion that the situations were even remotely similar.
12 Her mane bristled a little; she sniffed and looked inquiringly at him.
13 The field bristled with the long and deadly spears which they bore.
14 The great curving back bristled with equally mysterious bulges, flutings, and cupolas.
15 His hat had fallen from his pomaded hair; his waxed moustache bristled .
16 I bristled at the implication that I might have company that early.
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