What's the difference between bristling and horrid?

Bristling


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bristle

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
  • (2) Selection limits for scutellar bristles in lines M and M2 were equal to or greater than the most extreme reported in the literature.-The probit span of the canalised 4 bristle class decreased in each selection line as the mean scutellar bristle number increased, and increased again in the relaxed lines as the mean bristle number decreased.
  • (3) "Corncob" configurations consisting of filamentous bacteria surrounded by Gram-positive cocci, and "bristle brush" formations comprising corncobs surrounded by long rods were observed in the superficial layer of the plaque.
  • (4) However, identification of the methionine bristle domain suggests that chloroplast HSPs also have unique functions or substrates within the special environment of the chloroplast or other plastids.
  • (5) A homozygous mutant escaper had weak, completely unpigmented cuticle and unpigmented bristles.
  • (6) Test variables were time in use, brush design (e.g., geometry and size of the brush head), and bristle composition.
  • (7) The diameter of the bristles vary between 0.7 mm at the base of the bristle to 0.25 mm in the near end of the bristle.
  • (8) According to random selection, subjects' teeth were brushed by trained personnel with either the curved bristle or the conventional toothbrush.
  • (9) Some people, however, still bristle at the idea of sexuality on a spectrum.
  • (10) The S character of Drosophila simulans, the absence or malformation or both of bristles and other cuticular structures, was described by Comendador (Drosophila Inf.
  • (11) Results are presented of 135 generations of selection for high scutellar bristle number in two lines M and M3 derived from the same original mating of one female with 5 bristles by one male with 4 bristles, the latter being the wild-type canalised phenotype.
  • (12) The lateral walls of these subunits form regularly spaced bristles or pegs which extend inwards from the trilaminar membrane for a distance of 13-15 nm.
  • (13) Afterwards, while the phagocytic ability decreases, the phagocytic cups disappear, and all the cells become bristled with many thin filopods.
  • (14) It reminded me to look at the sky, absorb the air, and listen to the wind that bristles as it hurries by.
  • (15) In each generation, offspring of the two groups were retained in their group or transferred to the other group, depending on the number of their bristles.
  • (16) The homozygous and heterozygous effects of the inserts on viability and abdominal and sternopleural bristle number were ascertained by comparing the chromosome lines with inserts to insert-free control lines of the inbred host strain.
  • (17) Lawrence is said to bristle at the now-cliched description of her as "dignified".
  • (18) Our results indicate that emc plays an essential early role in defining territories of bristle-forming potential.
  • (19) Fortunately for his detractors, who bristle at his brash TV persona and penchant for bullying guests, Shimada conceded his TV career was at an end: "From tomorrow I will become just another regular person.
  • (20) When Grayson remarks to the men he meets that his transvestism allows him enough distance from maleness to view it as an observer, rather than bristle they nod, quietly ponder for a moment and then step back themselves, apparently accepting that maleness is such a weird contrivance that to look at it with critical eyes is Not Even A Thing.

Horrid


Definition:

  • (a.) Rough; rugged; bristling.
  • (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Admittedly we've had the odd wretched experience – the long wait in casualty or for a bedpan, the horrid puréed dinners, the lost notes – but ultimately we've all been looked after, cured and called back for check-ups and therapies.
  • (2) Morales has horrid command, which isn't exactly what you want in a two-on, nobody out situation.
  • (3) It’s a relief doing a show where you don’t have to be horrid.
  • (4) "In the face of these horrid conditions, we think that's a pretty resilient performance," Mr Grigson said.
  • (5) Horrid cliche, hence perfect for David Cameron and the SNP – be careful what you wish for.
  • (6) I wait, hoping that R will step in, and luckily, because I hate myself for breaking such horrid news, he does.
  • (7) It's like gazing through a horrid little window into an awesome universe of pure blockheaded spite.
  • (8) I ask if there’s one thing he’d really recommend for me and he suggests a £225 black biker jacket with detachable sleeves , which is horrid, but I won’t hold that against him.
  • (9) He is joined in the most-borrowed author list by six children's writers – Daisy Meadows, the brand behind the Rainbow Magic series, Donaldson, Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry series, Jacqueline Wilson, Kipper creator Mick Inkpen and the Beast Quest series' Adam Blade.
  • (10) To get a story out of politicians, whose self-regard is if anything even more over-developed than ours, mine, you have to do a fair amount of pretty horrid fawning and flattering.
  • (11) They're getting away with something horrid scot-free!
  • (12) We never show any horrid pictures, ever, as a matter of policy.
  • (13) "I think we have to be harshly realistic, which means we don't pretend we are chums of the Syrian regime – they are a ghastly regime, they are a horrid regime – but just as during the second world war Churchill and Roosevelt swallowed hard and dealt with Stalin, with the Soviet Union, not because they had any naivety about what Stalin represented but because that was necessary in order to defeat Hitler, and history judged them right in coming to that difficult but necessary judgment," Rifkind said.
  • (14) Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson, of Greater Manchester police , said on Monday: "We are committed to understanding the enormity of Cyril Smith's misconduct and working to try to understand that, and thereby, provide a picture of the extent of his offending, and with the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] to get to a position of what we would have done had he still been alive, and thereby provide that understanding to the victims who have gone through such a horrid time."
  • (15) 'Horrid colonials destroy world heritage thing': we reveal the lies of Big Coral
  • (16) It strikes us though that parents and schools have a responsibility generally to educate children: children need to be taught that being horrid online is just as wrong and hurtful as being horrid face to face."
  • (17) Thomas Dekker groused that “the scene after the Epilogue hath been more blacke – a nasty bawdy jigge – than the most horrid scene in the play was”.
  • (18) All right, some of us have banged on for decades about this horrid, mealy-mouthed, catch-all word, hoping to limit its use.
  • (19) By the time George Osborne has completed presenting his austerity budget this Tuesday, there may be more than a few who are wishing an equally horrid fate on him.
  • (20) In 2000 May voted against the repeal of section 28, the horrid legislation brought in under Margaret Thatcher that banned local authorities and schools from “promoting” homosexuality – read: talking about it or offering information, advice and educational materials – and described gay couples as “pretended family relationships”.

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