How to Use alarming in a Sentence
alarming
adjective
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But at the start of the third year, a bone scan was alarming.
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Christina Jewett,
New York Times,
14 Nov. 2022
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So yes, the French right is bad, and its rise is alarming.
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Paul Krugman,
The Mercury News,
5 July 2024
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Here is my vote for the most alarming part of the Browns this season – the defense.
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Terry Pluto,
cleveland,
9 Oct. 2022
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One of the most alarming side harms, and one of the most-discussed, are the wounds that xylazine use can cause.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2023
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Killings in the city and around the country began an alarming spike in 2020.
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Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
20 Dec. 2022
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That’s alarming for the prospects of a just transition.
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Morgan R. Frank,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2023
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The White House bulletin on the health of Woodrow Wilson was alarming.
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Thomas Doherty,
The Conversation,
1 Feb. 2024
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The fire approached at an alarming rate and razed my house.
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Judith Magyar,
Forbes,
17 Aug. 2022
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The teen is part of an alarming trend among the country's K-12 students.
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Leigh Paterson,
NPR,
18 May 2024
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Sweeney plays Claire, who shows up at the doorstep of her mother, Kate (Moore), in an alarming state.
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Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2023
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But what’s even more alarming than the current gouging boom is the boom that’s yet to come.
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Bridget Read,
Curbed,
15 Jan. 2025
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According to a new study, the news there is alarming as well.
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Sandee Lamotte,
CNN,
22 July 2024
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Meanwhile, while the length of Dow’s sell-off is alarming, the magnitude is not the case.
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Yun Li,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2024
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Lisa, it’s a little bit alarming to see the difference in the big cities.
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Staff Reports,
cleveland,
15 Nov. 2022
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Fields was sacked 10 times through the first three games, more than the Bears would like but not an alarming total.
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Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Oct. 2022
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In the 1960s, heroin use in the United States was rising at an alarming pace.
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Carol Sutton Lewis,
Scientific American,
30 Mar. 2023
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The most alarming posts seem to be death threats targeted at She-Hulk.
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Milan Polk,
Men's Health,
22 Sep. 2022
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The speed in which our society has changed is alarming.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2022
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Cartwright, who owns a skin care company in Salt Lake City, said the shrinking of the lake is alarming.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
14 Sep. 2022
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The data showed an alarming 937% increase in babies over the past decade.
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Theara Coleman,
theweek,
24 June 2024
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An alarming new study in the journal Nature shows how bad the problem could get in 32 coastal cities in the United States.
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Matt Simon,
WIRED,
6 Mar. 2024
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Most alarming to some are the dire news stories about a violent new gang.
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Martin Kaste,
NPR,
9 May 2024
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The numbers have been alarming: In December, just 1,281 pounds of crawfish moved through the dock.
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Rick Rojas Emily Kask,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2024
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Even more alarming is the type and distribution of these fires.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2022
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No dressing gown and Uggs for you, no zit stickers and alarming hair in a scrunchie.
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Daisy Jones,
Glamour,
4 Nov. 2024
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South Korea’s birth rate has reached alarming new lows.
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Annalisa Merelli,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2023
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Nothing alarming came from the NFL’s new kickoff rules.
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Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2024
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The statistics in the above paragraph are alarming, or should be; but this fight won’t be won with facts and figures.
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Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
6 Sep. 2022
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Perhaps most alarming yesterday was the GP’s report to the coroner.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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That is probably why some of his recent performances, including the first leg against Madrid last week, were so alarming.
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Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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