Verb (used without object) : The hog bristled up. ,The man bristled when I asked him to move. ,The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.    From Dictionary.com. 

Now, though, the name bristled with accent marks, thus: Gédéon Goré.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gigolo] Reference

Tomlin bristled when reminded of that comment during last weekend's minicamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pittsburgh Steelers Team Report] Reference

I disagreed with something…kind of bristled at how something was characterized and was piled on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scott Brown Posed in Cosmo’s Center-Fold 28 Years Ago — And So What? - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState] Reference

As CNN's Jeff Greenfield would note later in the same debate, Mr. Gore "bristled" when Ms. Edward's put the question to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids?] Reference

It's something that I initially kind of bristled against.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point] Reference

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is said to have "bristled" over the lack of a close relationship with Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News Alert from Israel - COP/JCPA] Reference

He said MoDOT has "bristled" at the change in the appropriation procedure to the point of having "a temper tantrum.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"bristled" metaphorically, as less than a quarter of the Americans were armed with them; and the British breaching batteries had a heavier.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans] Reference

Every commanding point bristled with fortifications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference

The op-ed page of The New York Times fairly bristled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oops. Maybe We Shouldn't Have.] Reference

This gave Bonaparte his cue and he bristled and growled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference

A bullet-headed, shirt-sleeved man bristled up defiantly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

A long-handled, soft-bristled brush can also come in handy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winter driving safety] Reference

He sat too close to be friendly, though he bristled with bonhomie.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Gaza City, Muted Hopes for Obama] Reference

Bayonets caught the sunlight in angry flashing, and they bristled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

A private man, Cheney understandably bristled when the subject arose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ready For Their Close-Up] Reference

Lenett bristled at that charge, accusing Manno of "absolutely lying.".    From Wordnik.com.  [In Md. primary races, civil debate gives way to civil war] Reference

He raised on his forelegs, and the hair of his head and neck bristled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

Johnson's subsequent message to Congress bristled with martial metaphors.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Rhetorical Presidency'] Reference

He bristled at the growing perception around baseball that he is changed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nyjer Morgan: 'I'm still the same person'] Reference

The old carriage fairly bristled with heads and waving arms as they drove off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicken Little Jane] Reference

From the bristled edges to the mist flowing downward like a cascading waterfall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.7: Instinct] Reference

Nan and Phoebe laughed as soft, slivery and bristled as drunken angels tinkling.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEEDS FROM THE FOREST] Reference

But he bristled at a question about whether he had gotten past his initial nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivan Makes It Look Easy] Reference

The photo was that of a young man with stiff-bristled blond hair and a rugged smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference

They all bristled up, so to speak, sniffing the air though on the scent of something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncanny Tales] Reference

At 4: 17, Lorraine furtively started on Beverly's nails with her thin-bristled paint brush.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference

Colleagues bristled at the newcomer, who now seemed the only Review employee with Genoways's ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia Quarterly Review staffer died by his own hand, but he reached out first] Reference

But at the 1995 nationals, Dominique bristled when Bela suggested she might be content with any medal.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Beam] Reference

That may have been a fair distinction, but I bristled at how Williams always seemed to get the short stick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: A Final Farewell] Reference

Gillespie's generation brought the modernist esthetic to jazz: a once demotic music suddenly bristled with difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jazz's Last Hero Trumpeter] Reference

When an airport attendant greeted Greg, "Hey, you're Mr. Gumbel's brother," he bristled, "Then I guess you know my name too!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Gumbel's Marathon] Reference

Communications with Father often took the form of chilly letters that bristled with moral admonitions and a Calvinist summons to duty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poor Little Rich Man] Reference