make one's hair stand on end

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

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