hair-raising

Example Sentences

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"A particularly hair-raising moment was when my cofounders asked, 'If you have control, what happens when you die?' He said something like '...maybe it should pass to my children.'"

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The quiet was hair-raising in its own way.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Only Samantha Hale, raised in Los Angeles on “Top Ramen and fear,” could make hair-raising terror this funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

At the opposite end of the spectrum that runs from cozy to hair-raising were two immersive fiction features about military disasters that hit devastatingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

As for the children being proof of the value of Penelope’s education...well, the Incorrigibles’ best behavior was very good indeed, but their less-than-best could be positively hair-raising.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood