alarming
Example Sentences
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At first glance, finding worms in fish may seem alarming.
From Science Daily
He is irreplaceable, the drop-off after him alarming.
From BBC
An alarming nugget buried in the Treasury Department’s annual report External link on the federal government’s books from the last fiscal year: Its long-term liabilities exceed its expected revenue by tens of trillions of dollars.
From Barron's
She gave a rattling cough, which Clare found alarming, since he hadn’t known birds capable of coughing.
From Literature
This is alarming, considering that a 2023 survey from Gallup found teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 spend an average of 4.8 hours on social media daily.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
