make one's hair stand on end
Example Sentences
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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
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
Such questions make one's hair stand on end.
From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Lowry, Edward P.
It's enough to make one's hair stand on end.
From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz
It is enough to make one’s hair stand on end, ‘like quills upon the fretted porcupine.’
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee