alarming
Example Sentences
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An astute 'cricket brain' and an extraordinary gift to hit sixes is clearly an alarming prospect for the rest of the game, which must now find a way to respond.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Perhaps most alarming is that, according to the CDC, 1 in every 5 babies with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
That sounds alarming, but it amounts to corporate restructuring ahead of his rocket company’s record-setting initial public offering.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
When the Chicago White Sox signed Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami last winter, they were well aware of his tendency to strike out with alarming frequency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
But they failed a few seconds later, and the Vonnegut’s hull suffered an alarming amount of damage in the handful of seconds it took me to make the jump to light speed.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing alarming
The Magician's Nephew
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