make one's hair stand on end

Example Sentences

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The dismal reports from mobilized soldiers “make one’s hair stand on end,” state television anchor Vladimir Solovyov declared Thursday.

From Washington Post

We gave nothing, and they commented upon us with a gravity of moral reprobation quite fit to make one's hair stand on end, even with New England versus beggar behind one.

From Project Gutenberg

And now, my Hannah'li, I tell you once and for all, it is enough to make one's hair stand on end, and hardly to be believed!

From Project Gutenberg

A thing to make one's hair stand on end!

From Project Gutenberg

It's enough to make one's hair stand on end.

From Project Gutenberg