alarmingly
Example Sentences
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Argentine choreographer Gabriela Carrizo makes her debut directing opera and utilizes her alarmingly vibrant Belgian dance company, Peeping Tom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Whales were being overhunted, and the price of whale oil rose alarmingly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The anticipated decrease in heart disease was not substantiated, and, more alarmingly, they cited “excess harm.”
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
However, why England's 2025 progress stalled so dramatically, and why the team regressed so alarmingly, is still unexplained, in public at least.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
They don't have much of a selection for vegetarians, but I pick my way through a salad and some spinach with alarmingly bright orange-colored cheese sauce.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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