hair-raising

Example Sentences

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The quiet was hair-raising in its own way.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

But as hair-raising as a loose wolf is for the locals, the situation may be equally fur-raising for Neukgu.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

England have a recent history of hair-raising starts to World Cups.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

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

Aunt Petunia let out a hair-raising shriek; nothing this filthy had entered her house in living memory.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling