Example Sentences

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A recurring theme throughout last season's championship was Scotland's fast starts and slow finishes, the opening day hair-raiser against Wales being the classic illustration of that.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

“We Used to Live Here” isn’t your mother’s haunted house story; it’s a modern hair-raiser that pulses with uncertainty and uneasiness.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Here, complications from untreated mental illness drive the unreliable narrator trope for a swirly, tangled hair-raiser.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

It has gripped us for three games - the Birmingham belter, the Rumble in north London and the Headingley hair-raiser.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023

"Oh, I guess it isn't a hair-raiser," said Marion easily.

From Betty Wales, Sophomore by Warde, Margaret