alarm
Example Sentences
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It came from the subject himself, who responded not with alarm, but with a joke.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Anthropic postponing the release of its new AI model Claude Mythos, said to be so skilled at coding it could be a wicked weapon for hackers, has encountered a mix of alarm and skepticism.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
What is driving alarm "is not as much the level of tariffs as it is the unilateralism," says Petros Mavroidis, a professor at Columbia Law School.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
To his alarm, police lights soon flashed through his bedroom window.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
The extinguishing of the light made Penelope cry out in alarm.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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