alarm
Example Sentences
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These statements were met with alarm by politicians from across Europe and Canada, and led to a scramble by Nato members to show that they are still focused on defending the Arctic.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
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
“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
I woke up the next morning without an alarm clock, excited and a little nervous.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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