alarming

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

If Kane suffered an injury before or during the World Cup, the drop-off in quality and international pedigree is alarming.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

At first Aureliano Segundo did not notice the alarming proportions of the proliferation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez