| Still, it's difficult to imagine these hard, brown things with bristly bottoms pushing out such incredible blooms. |
| Echimyids earn their common name because most species have spiny or bristly hairs at least on their backs and rumps. |
| She looked at me after feeling the bristly hairs brush against her face again. |
| He grabbed her hand and brought it to his face to rub her fingers over his bristly cheek. |
| His angular features were accented by a short bristly goatee, and a single black curl fell on his forehead. |
| They suffer little from disease and spread by throwing up new suckers or shoots each year, forming a bristly, neat thicket. |
