alarmingly
Example Sentences
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This is merely the tip of the “NAZA” iceberg, and at times, it feels alarmingly and disappointingly difficult to compartmentalize it all at once.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Dr Banerjee said there was a visible drainage channel, which suggests some water was already escaping downstream, adding that the its volume was "not alarmingly large" and appeared to have stabilised.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
My youth was alarmingly idyllic with the hopped fences, bicycle slaloms through traffic and occasional near-misdemeanor mischief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The glory would be in seeing how quickly Nicolson could hustle a new and alarmingly large Bentley Continental GT S up the driveway without collecting any hay bales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
I trudged perhaps a hundred feet up the hill, then stopped, bug-eyed, breathing hard, heart kabooming alarmingly.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
