alarming
Example Sentences
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"It was heavy bleeding and quite large clots, which I've never had before - they looked like baby seals and that was really alarming."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
To raise money for the initiative, President Alison Byerly said they had to educate donors about why student-loan debt is alarming to today’s college goers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After being shuttled in less than half an hour between aggressive air conditioning, a muggy Chicago street and the temperate library, the cup had begun producing condensation at an alarming rate.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Instead, he got an alarming lesson in current events.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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