hair-raising

Example Sentences

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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

Those two Cold War-era phrases are associated with President Reagan, who deployed them on the global stage as the nation faced some hair-raising times.

From Washington Times

At times, though, she and the pianist Steven Beck seemed to set aside interpretive matters just to get through a piece of hair-raising difficulty.

From New York Times

Hearing the disappearance is haunting and hair-raising, like watching a television show about hunting ghosts.

From New York Times

The novel unfolds in short, tense chapters that glide between past and present, and often torque into hair-raising turns.

From New York Times