alarming
Example Sentences
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Those two categories of incidents were down in 2024 and 2025 compared with prior years, after a spate of alarming close calls at airports in Austin, Texas, New York and Boston in 2023.
While home runs continue to soar out of stadiums at near-record levels, doubles and triples are disappearing from the sport at an alarming rate.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says civilians are paying an "alarming" price for the war.
From BBC
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
