alarming

Example Sentences

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The trend indicated in the report is alarming, Chung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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

A team of researchers led by the University of Oxford has developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help reverse the alarming decline of honeybees.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

While home runs continue to soar out of stadiums at near-record levels, doubles and triples are disappearing from the sport at an alarming rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

She gave a rattling cough, which Clare found alarming, since he hadn’t known birds capable of coughing.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman