alarming

Example Sentences

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The trend indicated in the report is alarming, Chung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The overall decline in participation is less alarming when you focus on people ages 25 to 54, who are less likely to be in school or retired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The scenarios she now projects are alarming for traders, economists and consumers alike.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

A team of researchers led by the University of Oxford has developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help reverse the alarming decline of honeybees.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

At the start of another winter, however, a woman who was washing clothes in the river during the hottest time of the day ran screaming down the main street in an alarming state of commotion.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez