- present participle of alarm.
alarming
Example Sentences
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"What is alarming is that he seems to have attempted a cover-up, dragging in officials and Transport Scotland," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
That’s why news this week that Greenland was planning to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks was so alarming to many online.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
That might seem alarming, but Wald said it isn’t necessarily a cause for concern — at least not right now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Last week, a slow-burning selloff in France’s government bond market took an alarming turn as it spread across the continent, reviving memories of the eurozone debt crisis last decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
At the start of another winter, however, a woman who was washing clothes in the river during the hottest time of the day ran screaming down the main street in an alarming state of commotion.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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