make one's hair stand on end
Example Sentences
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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 something did happen, though not of a character to make one's hair stand on end.
From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Jókai, Mór
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
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
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
