alarming
Example Sentences
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That’s why leading by 10 points at halftime against a No. 16 seed was likely alarming.
From Los Angeles Times
The fighting has revealed an alarming gap in advanced equipment that can take a long time to manufacture.
The Geneva Conventions’ protocols made such acts illegal, but as we’re discovering with alarming frequency and force these days, laws are only as effective as our willingness to abide by them.
From Salon
Wednesday’s strike was orders of magnitude more alarming.
What I did understand, what was awful and alarming, was that this was the day I was to start school.
From Literature
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