Sentence example with the word 'bristle'

bristle

acuminate, bite, burr, distemper, get up, irk, pine needle, ride, sit up, teem, yucca

Definition n. a stiff fiber

Last update: August 27, 2016


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One sniff was enough to make the hair bristle along his back.   [Please select]

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He was of a sickly color, and his thin, sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the intensity of his emotion.   [noun]

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The float is shotted down to its nylon bristle, with a bulk or olivette only six inches away from the hook.   [noun]

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Bristle yourself to hear the news.   [noun]

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The brush has neat bristles.   [noun]

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As soon as he came across a former acquaintance or anyone from the staff, he bristled up immediately and grew spiteful, ironical, and contemptuous.   [noun]

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He bristled up in hideous wise; nothing is so formidable to behold as ferocious beasts who are uneasy; their terrified air evokes terror.   [noun]

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My hair bristled and my knees shook.   [noun]

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Taylor, whose sermons bristle with elegant allusions, never points one of his passionate climaxes with a Shakespearian line.   [noun]

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Our highways both in and out of cities are filled with things that cut, and bristle with wire-nails.   [noun]

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Spring-tails and bristle-tails (order Aptera) of several species also frequent ants' nests.   [Please select]

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