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How to use bristled in a sentence

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Stripes snaked down his body, yellowy eyes stared back at both warriors, orange fur bristled in the heat, and sharp canines dribbled with saliva.
They bristled with weapons and were covered from head to foot in thick armor.
True sore winners, they bristled with outrage at being judged for their results, not their professed intentions.
The hairs on Rolando's neck bristled and he trembled with fear but continued to run after her.
She forced herself not to react visibly, but she bristled despite her efforts.
Mix 1 teaspoon washing soda into 1 gallon hot water and wash the floor with a mop, sponge, or soft bristled brush.
Patrick bristled at the words, but could find no hidden insult, nor could he think of an objection to the statement.
At a press conference, the foreign secretary bristled at the suggestion he would be taking a message to New Delhi.
When painting with a stencil cut out use a short bristled brush and with a dabbing motion apply your paint.
Simply because you prefer hard bristled, spikey toothbrushes it doesn't mean that's what's best for your child.
Club colours and banners bristled from every corner as bunting and flags adorned the spectators and the ground alike.
Watching him disheveled and obviously bristled, the messenger wondered who would fall prey to his rage.
The Lizard's tail suddenly bristled up into spikes and formed into sharp icicles!
There was a dark colored flash and a few seconds later the wolf stood there, his tail bristled and red eyes glaring.
There was a subtle change in Adair towards defensive and Tristin stared at her as she almost bristled at him.
Enron officials have bristled at criticism that they aren't working quickly enough.
Her lawyers bristled at suggestions there may be no other willing witnesses to bring.
The tall, dark stranger strode towards Alita as the wolf bristled and growled.
He also bristled at claims that the organization did not view medical privacy as a priority issue.
They bristled with unfamiliar weapons like bazookas and didn't even look like American soldiers.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The lips and cheeks bristled with that kind of hard, clumpy beard which old priests have who have always shaved themselves.
She looked at White Fang, who snarled and bristled and glared malevolently.
Applehead's sunburnt mustache bristled like the whiskers of compadre when he was snarling defiance at the little black dog.
As in the past he had bristled and snarled at sight of Lip-lip, so now, and automatically, he bristled and snarled.
A small red square flag was hoisted on an ornamented staff at the tafferel, and many long spears bristled along the quarters.
Tito's mane bristled with mixed feelings at the sight of one of her own kind.
Therefore I kept close at his heels as they worked around toward the house of pitahaya, and my neck bristled.
Every cloverleaf sparkled and the leaves of wheat bristled like tiny spears.
In the third, it bristled with tiny spots similar to the papillae on a cat's tongue.
His beard bristled exultantly, his chest was thrown out, and his hand was thrust into the front of his jacket.
His eyes looked malignantly at me, and his gray whiskers bristled like those of an angry cat.
Stung by his language, his tormentors had immediately bristled at him with a great show of resenting unjust oaths.
He bristled suspiciously, but the master warned him that all was well.
As he bent his head carelessly to smell it, White Fang bristled slightly.
On the contrary, every proposal bristled with controversial points.
He bristled at the derogatory title but he covered it quickly.
Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames.
It bristled from her so palpably that one might almost have cut it with a sword.
Her tail bristled a little as it curled at the tip like a snake.
In this way, they hovered round him, feathering him with arrows, as he reared and plunged about, until he was bristled all over like a porcupine.
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