Hackles in a sentence

But he followed that with a dig that raised the hackles of Trump and his top advisers.

In late July excerpts of Kerry’s address began circulating on Twitter, raising the hackles of American farmers and others concerned about the ongoing elitist assault on our lifestyle.

Several Endangered Species Act decisions expected late in Biden’s term could raise hackles among the Trump team, such as a decision on listing the wide-ranging monarch butterfly as a threatened or endangered species.

These explored contemporary pop, traditional folk and Celtic themes (“When we Scottish people hear the bagpipes, the hackles rise on the back of our necks…”), culminating in 2020’s Weltschmerz, German for “world-weariness”.

Recently, he raised the hackles of many in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and NCP on August 5 by saying ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and sending his good wishes for the Ram Temple ceremony in Ayodhya, terming it as a “civilisational awakening for Bharat”.

A lot of us get our hackles up when we encounter people with different ideologies: “She watches Fox?

The decision raised the hackles of book readers and women’s rights advocates who felt that the rape scenes were gratiutous (a lingering critique of the series).

We ended the conversation pleasantly enough, but a few weeks later, Anders called while we were watching TV and my hackles went up.

What is amazing is that people have been victimized by this scam all over the world when a few keystrokes would have verified it and a bit of common sense and a smidgen of cynicism would have raised one’s hackles and suspicions.

Jordan Peterson lecturing at the University of Toronto, where his political activism has raised hackles.

Just this past week, Google raised hackles in Congress by refusing to send Page or its current CEO, Sundar Pichai, to a hearing on Russian manipulation of internet services to sway U.S. elections.

The rhetoric has raised hackles in Islamabad and fears the row could undermine Pakistan's support for US operations in Afghanistan.

The situation deteriorated when Trump instigated a raising hackles abroad and his visit indefinitely.

Vehicle and parts exports from the auto sector account for 80 percent of the imbalance and it is the sight of "millions of Japanese cars" on American roads that raises Trump's hackles, while few U.S. brands are driven in Japan.

Yet Mueller will remain the president of GCU, raising the hackles of for-profit university watchdogs.

Although it is possible for a hen to crow as well, crowing (together with hackles development) is one of the clearest signs of being a rooster. citation The rooster is often portrayed as crowing at the break of dawn ("cock-a-doodle-doo").

If the hairs on the back of the moose's neck and shoulders (hackles) stand up, a charge is usually imminent.

The stems are then pulled through "hackles", which act like combs to remove the straw and some shorter fibers out of the long fiber.

Unlike other dangerous animals, moose are not territorial, and do not view humans as food, and will therefore usually not pursue humans if they simply run away. citation A bull moose, disturbed by the photographer, lowers its head and raises its hackles.