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hackles
1. Suddenly I heard a noise that widened my eyes, raised the hackles of my neck and awoke a deep,
2. My hackles rose
3. He was warrior caste through and through, and he would only raise his hackles at the idea of government power for businesses
4. The distant echo of a dog's howl abruptly shattered Broshee's reflections and she froze for a moment, her hackles rising
5. He looked angry, and Lucy felt her hackles rise
6. The background biblical white noise raised my hackles
7. A Frisbee landed near them and the dog that came to fetch it suddenly pulled up with its hackles raised, barking in their direction
8. Baal-pteor was laughing at him, and that laugh was edged with menace that made the hackles rise on Conan's neck and sent a red wave of murder-lust driving across his vision
9. Slasher rumbled deep in his throat, his hackles stiff and his eyes balls of green fire
10. His sable hackles were erect and his tail up, rigid as wire
11. A few feet from JY, Sam could see his raised lips with clear saliva coating the porcelain teeth and hear the deep growl that would raise hackles on a stick horse
12. The hackles suddenly raised on JY as the charged air registered the approaching thunderstorm with his conscious self
13. A glint to his steel eyes, JY continued on the hot scented trail, hackles still up
14. His hackles went up as soon as he saw Stan
15. manner and the hackles at the back of her neck bristled, “As you
16. The hackles of her
17. It crept along the wall with its hackles raised and eyes wide
18. He he saw her back stiffen with hairless hackles, her clawed hands lifting as
19. The inglorious, rotting end; that thief of futures and robber of memories sent shivers down spines and raised hackles with frustration
20. Whether you're up to your hackles in the shit, have one foot in Swindleville and one in Successville or you're a fully paid up member of the 'I escaped!' club, this is where it's at
21. Someone called something, some foreign word, and the beast stood guard before me with hot breath and raised hackles
22. Hackles bristled around his washboard frame
23. During their ascent the piercing call of a nesting pair of Golden Hawks kept the hackles at the back of his neck up on end, especially since in native form the raptors were a natural predator
24. He raised his hackles
25. Fox gave him another one of his reassuring smiles, hackles and all
26. The var all jumped to their feet and faced the way they'd come, hackles raised
27. The nearer they come: the more the hackles of modern humans rise
28. all the duties of the larger ones, and it will wrap hackles on flies
29. Seconds later, a large silver wolf stood in the doorway growling and baring teeth with hackles raised
30. Their hackles were raised, and they were snarling
31. hackles were raised, and his tiny teeth were showing, but he was
32. The dogs stiffened, their hackles rising as the ferry drew
33. Normally such a possessive comment would have raised her independent hackles, but coming from him, it didn’t
34. ” Now he was guarded, his hackles up
35. How many times did you think I came to you?” If he had hackles, they would have been raised
36. Now I fought Noah to release me so I could go help, but he held me down and Damien came to stand in front of both of us, his hackles raised, low growls issuing from his chest
37. interaction that raised Caris’ s hackles
38. For five minutes he was so close to my rock that by stretching out my hand I could have touched the hideous waving hackles upon his back
39. Their hackles smoothed, and although they nervously licked their chops, they no longer bared their fearsome teeth
40. He yanked the pants back off and kicked his boxers onto the pile of his old clothes, his hackles going up as Trey and Diondra whispered and giggled in the other room
41. The presence of guardian statues once again raised his hackles
42. Puck, maybe; what else? So meanwhile at forty days and fifty nights after being born my performance made hackles rise and beggars yammer to borrow my hide, flesh, soul, and voice for an hour here, an hour there
43. Puck, maybe; what else? So meanwhile at forty days and fifty nights after being born my performance made hackles rise and beggars yammer to borrow my hide, flesh, soul and voice for an hour here, an hour there
44. “By God!” Now all dogs met and hackles rose, and they all growled and stood stiffly, each waiting for the others to start a fight
