as in thriller
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome
since they had been dating for five years, her answer to his proposal wasn't exactly a hair-raiser
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Recent Examples of hair-raiser
And the Halloween-eve hair-raiser adds a cackling skeleton to a horror arcade of ghoulish news for EVs.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
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The Premise The period thriller takes place over one hog-wild, then harrowing day and night in October 1932, as the Smokestack twins — Smoke and Stack, played by Michael B. Jordan — return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2025
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Warner Bros has just set plans to revamp ‘The Bodyguard,’ the 1992 romantic drama thriller that teamed superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Hair-raiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-raiser. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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