alarmingly
Example Sentences
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On Friday, the IOM said the number was "alarmingly rising by the hour".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scrolling back through that memory, Freid said something clicked when he thought about the alarmingly close relationship millennials still have with their parents in adulthood including still being on the family cellphone plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
My youth was alarmingly idyllic with the hopped fences, bicycle slaloms through traffic and occasional near-misdemeanor mischief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The glory would be in seeing how quickly Nicolson could hustle a new and alarmingly large Bentley Continental GT S up the driveway without collecting any hay bales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Ancient was still studying him as if trying to see straight through his eyes into his heart, and Ranofer was beginning to feel alarmingly transparent.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
