Bristle in a sentence as a noun

Very OT, but the use of "emergently" made me bristle.

I am a heterosexual white man, but this kind of comment still makes me bristle.

I understand why ObjC's syntax makes some people bristle, but I've never felt that way myself.

You bristle at the idea of punching a clock and accounting for your time in 15 minute increments.

The list is generally great, but for some reason the few times i've seen seemingly moral judgments it makes me bristle.

They all use the same proxies and similar techniques, Esper, Briffa, bristle cones, etc. I have read a good number of them.

The only difference is that senior people bristle at such a simple question before also getting it wrong.

Bristle in a sentence as a verb

I think many bristle against feminism for exactly the reasons you give: they want tolerance and respect instead of blame.

People downvoting: this guy is admitting to his ignorance and actively and constructively asking to be challenged on it. I don't think that's the kind of comment we want to downvote here, even if the tone makes you bristle.

"This is also why I bristle when many in the Valley - PG included - keep disparaging non-technical people when they want to start a tech company.

If this use of "emergent" makes you bristle, then stay away from hospitals because all healthcare providers and especially ED providers use the term this way.

* Management ego: if the senior management in question has been in their position for quite a while, they may bristle when informed that their master plan has some holes in it.

How can you accept this stereotype and at the same time bristle with indignation when someone points out that the West is a collection of extremely violent superpowers, as shown by the West's history of constant war and invasion?What metrics do we use to calculate which 'side' is more violent?

Bristle definitions

noun

a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

noun

a stiff hair

verb

be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

See also: abound burst

verb

rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"

See also: uprise

verb

have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"

verb

react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"