Bristled
['brɪsld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bristle
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Examples
- It was that of a bearded man, but the beard was short and bristled forward in a way very different from that of the captain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Paul's hair was shorn close as raven down, or I think it would have bristled on his head. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It bristled from her so palpably that one might almost have cut it with a sword. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Collar and shirt bore the grime of a long journey, and the hair bristled unkempt from the well-shaped head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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