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She bristles with the energy of a woman who has come a long way.
She seems to bristle at the idea of using the young women as an example.
The man close to the family bristled at that idea.
But some parents bristled at the approach their children's schools were taking.
Bristling only a little at the term, she looked back.
Others will bristle that such a thing should even be expected of them.
He bristled a little, which she took as a good sign.
It's to the point where at least two of us bristle when we hear him come through the door.
But it's not just when the food's bad that I bristle.
Perhaps more than any other neighborhood, it bristles with energy.
The hair on the back of his neck was bristling.
Getting him to bristle was a novel experience for me.
She bristled, as he'd expected, at his use of her full name.
I feel the hair on the back of my neck start to bristle.
The two boys, bristling a little, moved between the dog and the girl.
All along the way, she felt as if guns were bristling at her back.
My words had got under his skin and he was suddenly bristling.
But he bristled at the prospect of having to do so.
He bristles at the center's recent use of ethnic politics.
State officials bristled at the prospect of such a change.
They also bristle at American pressure for changes in their policies.
His hair began to bristle as the charges built up in him.
Others tried to get inside Cooper's head, and still bristled.
She bristled a bit, but more for show than from anger.
In high summer, the courts bristled with black men who had come to play and watch.