make one's hair stand on end
Example Sentences
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A hubbub uprose on all sides enough to make one's hair stand on end.
From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max
I’m sure I don’t remember giving my mother any particular trouble when I was Matilda’s age, but the stories I’ve heard to-day are enough to make one’s hair stand on end.
From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
The others were telling stories, calculated to make one's hair stand on end, about signs and warnings, and their horrible fulfillment.
From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Fraser, Malcolm
How often was I not in embarrassments enough to make one's hair stand on end, badly in debt.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
It seemed as if the ship must break into a thousand pieces, a thing most terrible to see and to hear, and fit to make one's hair stand on end.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora
