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How to use stood on end in a sentence

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Sentence Examples
I was feeling so unnerved, and uncomfortable by now, the small hairs on my arms and legs stood on end.
His muscles bunched as his fur stood on end, and I could see that he was readying him self to leap.
The hair on my neck stood on end as she let out a melodic, screeching cackle of a laugh, like that of a misbehaving little girl.
He began perspiring, his hair stood on end, and he was understandably stricken with fear.
Her face contorted into an animalistic snarl, her muscles tensed, her concentration rose to a new acme, her blood raced, her hair stood on end, and her teeth gnashed together.
Above the basic volume rises a monumental rectangular construction that looks like a cour d'honneur stood on end.
So I went down to this last house and it was a typical house in outport Newfoundland you know like a match box stood on end.
Shivers ran down my spine, Mr President, and my hair stood on end when I read the title of this report: effective taxation of savings income.
Suzanne's hair stood on end and her eyes bulged with a maniacal glee.
The donkeyman shrugged, but the hairs on his ears stood on end.
And Peggy's wig stood on end to hear that he intended to turn the Vic into mansion flats.
He walked into the room and all of the hairs on my back and arms stood on end.
Our jaws dropped in anticipation, our hairs stood on end.
My hair stood on end all over my body and my haphephobia, the fear of being touched, kicked into full gear.
Examples from Classical Literature
Billy rested his left hand on the head of a powder keg, which stood on end on the counter beside him.
A cold perspiration burst from every pore, and his hair stood on end.
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