- present participle of alarm.
alarming
Example Sentences
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So, it is quite alarming when you look at the two league games Chelsea have played and see how much of the ball they haven't had.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
One evening in 2024, Dara Horn’s teenage son found an unexpected and alarming message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Like many millennial girls who came of age when diet culture was practically an extracurricular activity, I could mentally toggle between Weight Watchers points and the “Pocket Calorie Counter” with alarming fluency.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Clearly, the mysterious killing force was still in Philadelphia, still working its way into households despite every precaution, still infecting at an alarming rate.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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