hair-raising
Example Sentences
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“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
England have a recent history of hair-raising starts to World Cups.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
His writing is sinewy and unsparing, as enchanting and hair-raising as the forest itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Only Samantha Hale, raised in Los Angeles on “Top Ramen and fear,” could make hair-raising terror this funny.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
