alarmed
Example Sentences
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Their rapid improvement has left researchers inside frontier labs both surprised and alarmed by the pace of development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Cembalest was also alarmed by the rapidly mounting margin debt accumulated by retail traders that was turbocharging the rally, and the market risks from the multiplication of leveraged ETFs on the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
RSF director general Thibaut Bruttin said the organisation was "alarmed by a situation that has now lasted for more than 20 days".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
And if vulgarity can still shock—and amuse—by working on our alarmed sense of propriety, then we still have a sense of propriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Van Helsing and I were a little alarmed about Mrs. Harker to-day.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
