make one's hair stand on end

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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