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

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

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

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

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