| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I bristle |
| you bristle |
| he/she/it bristles |
| we bristle |
| you all bristle |
| they bristle |
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| I am bristling |
| you are bristling |
| he/she/it is bristling |
| we are bristling |
| you all are bristling |
| they are bristling |
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| I have bristled |
| you have bristled |
| he/she/it has bristled |
| we have bristled |
| you all have bristled |
| they have bristled |
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| I have been bristling |
| you have been bristling |
| he/she/it has been bristling |
| we have been bristling |
| you all have been bristling |
| they have been bristling |
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| Past |
| I bristled |
| you bristled |
| he/she/it bristled |
| we bristled |
| you all bristled |
| they bristled |
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| I was bristling |
| you were bristling |
| he/she/it was bristling |
| we were bristling |
| you all were bristling |
| they were bristling |
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| I had bristled |
| you had bristled |
| he/she/it had bristled |
| we had bristled |
| you all had bristled |
| they had bristled |
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| I had been bristling |
| you had been bristling |
| he/she/it had been bristling |
| we had been bristling |
| you all had been bristling |
| they had been bristling |
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| Future |
| I will bristle |
| you will bristle |
| he/she/it will bristle |
| we will bristle |
| you all will bristle |
| they will bristle |
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| I will be bristling |
| you will be bristling |
| he/she/it will be bristling |
| we are bristling |
| you all will be bristling |
| they will be bristling |
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| I will have bristled |
| you will have bristled |
| he/she/it will have bristled |
| we will have bristled |
| you all will have bristled |
| they will have bristled |
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| I will have been bristling |
| you will have been bristling |
| he/she/it will have been bristling |
| we will have been bristling |
| you all will have been bristling |
| they will have been bristling |
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