9 example sentences using hackles.
Hackles used in a sentence
Hackles in a sentence as a noun
Does all of this crazy funding raise anyone else's hackles?
It would be a little weird if anything in this particular post got your hackles up.
It's a shame that my sceptic-hackles were raised before I'd finished reading this article or any of the research.
It really got my hackles up, I involuntarily scowled and I said I pay cash so I won't have to tell you my name.
The title raised my hackles as well, but it turned out to be a fun, un-dogmatic read with nothing to do with the editor wars.
I feel like my particular market, while way better addressed by calls than Adword ads, already has its hackles raised on the prospect of being linked to a blog.
Considering the possibility of Jobs showing deference certainly raises my hackles.
I'm not sure how others feel, but for me the systematic nature and the scope of collection are what get my hackles up. Requesting specific information on a specific individual because of the suspicion that a crime has been committed is perfectly reasonable.
The fact that liberal education needs to refer to something as diffuse and difficult to value as "personal development" should raise hackles in an era when a college education costs almost as much as a house.
Hackles definitions
a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up"
See also: dander