alarmed

Example Sentences

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White working-class and precarious middle-class voters were alarmed not only at the upending of the racial caste system but also at what they saw as an unraveling of society in general.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Furthermore, Jones is alarmed by the swelling holding of private equity in institutional portfolios.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“Don’t be alarmed if you see them, just leave them where they are,” the detective said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

While U.S. regulators and investors grow alarmed over the insurance industry’s exposure to private credit, Europe’s financial services sector is merely grappling with imported anxieties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The priest was sufficiently alarmed that he had broken the tenet of parishioner confidentiality.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann