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Qim Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

bristle?

... the sweat that bristled in his body...

I think I got the wrong meaning of bristle... I wanted to mean that 'shined profusely'. Is this the correct meaning? Alternatives?
  

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bristle is s wrong here: to rise or stand stiff or erect like bristles

— Marius Hancu

  • bristle is s wrong here: to rise or stand stiff or erect like bristles
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bristle is s wrong here:
to rise or stand stiff or erect like bristles
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"Glistened", perhaps?

MrP
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("Glistened on his body.")
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