make one's hair stand on end
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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
There are dealers in wigs and essences who are enough to make one's hair stand on end; they care only to sell you bottles.
From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
And now, my Hannah'li, I tell you once and for all, it is enough to make one's hair stand on end, and hardly to be believed!
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
