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  • noun Plural form of bristle.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bristle.

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Examples

  • Occasionally hairdressers have nibbled around the edges of my scalp with a straight razor, but now it's a comfortable stroking of the blade against my skin, separating off the bristles from the follicles, looking clean, feeling smooth.

    Sensual pleasure: being shaved nwhyte 2009

  • Hard Copy snorts and bristles, which is what I expect.

    King of the Cowboys Ty Murray 2003

  • The wand is very similar to the original LashBlast but the bristles are a tad longer.

    Product Girl Laurie 2010

  • This brush is pretty similar to the brush of the Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara, except here the bristles are a bit thinner and longer, and it is narrow in the middle.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • The wand is very similar to the original LashBlast but the bristles are a tad longer.

    Product Girl Laurie 2010

  • On the one hand they have a tendency to look to the right if I'm reading the topography right, but they also tend to clump to the black "bristles".

    Where In The Universe #86 | Universe Today 2010

  • Not the curling irons; these had 'bristles', meant to create curls and waves as it passed through the hair.

    Christmas Pics Molly Daniels 2009

  • Not the curling irons; these had 'bristles', meant to create curls and waves as it passed through the hair.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Molly Daniels 2009

  • Moreover, he "bristles" when he hears that people like us think he doesn't care.

    12/29/2007 2007

  • Moreover, he "bristles" when he hears that people like us think he doesn't care.

    Washington Post - Managed by slightly trained chimpanzees? 2007

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