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
“Mother Mary” is as hair-raising as it is eyebrow-raising, all spectral senselessness until, out of nowhere, the eeriness gives way to a startling profundity as the film explores remorse with biblical repercussions.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
His writing is sinewy and unsparing, as enchanting and hair-raising as the forest itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Followers saw their idols tuck into delicacies such as foot-long fries, chat with locals and sample some of the hair-raising rides.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
