Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Standing up stiffly like bristles.
- noun Same as
brisling .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
bristles . - adjective Showing anger.
- verb Present participle of
bristle .
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Examples
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It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair.
Yoga With Horses Aims For Deeper Connection At The Star Peak Stables In Golden
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It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair.
Yoga With Horses Aims For Deeper Connection At The Star Peak Stables In Golden
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It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair.
Yoga With Horses Aims For Deeper Connection At The Star Peak Stables In Golden
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It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair.
Yoga With Horses Aims For Deeper Connection At The Star Peak Stables In Golden
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It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair.
Yoga With Horses Aims For Deeper Connection At The Star Peak Stables In Golden
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Finally, during a vote by owners still bristling from the 1981 strike, Kuhn did not earn re-election Nov. 1, 1982.
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So Obama held more sway and ran into less visible pushback, except for bristling from the Chinese.
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So Obama held more sway and ran into less visible pushback, except for bristling from the Chinese.
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So Obama held more sway and ran into less visible pushback, except for bristling from the Chinese.
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So Obama held more sway and ran into less visible pushback, except for bristling from the Chinese.
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