alarm
Example Sentences
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The judgment has been met with alarm by some charities.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
And then I’ll go “shh” and she’ll stop for a few minutes and the alarm clock goes off and then boom, we launch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Nearly a million of those displaced are in Ituri province, where the prospect of the epidemic spreading throughout the camps has sparked alarm.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Schrader read portions aloud with a mixture of amusement and faint alarm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The reality of the current mass extinction—and the sheer volume of animals close to or on the brink—is cause for great alarm.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
Vocabulary lists containing alarm
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