alarmist

Example Sentences

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She is reading alarmist headlines about worsening inflation in the newspapers.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Instead he argues a "fine balance" is needed between raising awareness and "not falling into the trap of fear-messaging or being overly alarmist, which can backfire".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Military and political leaders initially dismissed his work as alarmist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the alarmist reactions from business leaders to the Mamdani’s win and why he’s hardly the threat to capitalism they make him out to be.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2025

“I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I know of nothing humans can do to return the moon to its orbit.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer