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comparative more bristling, superlative most bristling
Having bristles. examples
Showing anger. quotations examples
Tottenham had hoped to make a statement of real intent against the title pace-setters and while manager Harry Redknapp did not secure the victory he craved, he at least saw his side match United every stride of the way in a game that fizzled out after a bristling start.
2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC
present participle and gerund of bristle examples
plural bristlings
The act of one who bristles. quotations examples
When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.
1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, part 3 (The Gods of the Wild), pages 144–145
Alternative form of brisling examples