Significados de rose to attention en inglés

Tiny little hairs on the back of her neck rose to attention.

The hairs on Hartmann's neck rose to attention.

The Recreation Director, a bearded scholar named West, looked up from a chess problem, then rose to attention.

With a clattering of wings, the angels rose to attention, their bodies blazing in brilliant bands of fire against the darkness.

They rose to attention when Kaneko ducked into the chamber, a short while later, and bowing deeply left the room when he dismissed them.

The hairs on Verlaine's neck rose to attention, his stomach tightened, he felt pearls of sweat break from his hairline and start down his brow.