alarming

Example Sentences

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He is irreplaceable, the drop-off after him alarming.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

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 • Mar. 31, 2026

The move is part of a five-year pilot program authorized by a bill signed in 2023 that was designed to combat speeding and an alarming rise in traffic deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

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 The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Worry rises on her face as she realizes for the first time that her calls were not only alarming to me, but utterly baffling as well.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse