hair-raising

Example Sentences

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The quiet was hair-raising in its own way.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

England have a recent history of hair-raising starts to World Cups.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Followers saw their idols tuck into delicacies such as foot-long fries, chat with locals and sample some of the hair-raising rides.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Aunt Petunia let out a hair-raising shriek; nothing this filthy had entered her house in living memory.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling