alarming

Example Sentences

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For all their continued passion about the mission in their own backyard, the McCoys fret about the bigger picture — the alarming increase in greenhouse gases and the biodiversity decline.

From Los Angeles Times

“I wouldn’t say it’s gotten to a point of alarming,” Taiano said.

From MarketWatch

Those calls grew louder when China flexed its muscles last year by stepping up curbs on exports of rare earth minerals, and later temporarily halted exports of Nexperia semiconductors, alarming the German auto sector.

From Barron's

Ellis said there was a particularly alarming moment when he "couldn't comprehend" any of a university lecture after the crash.

From BBC

County jails so far this year, an alarming number for the Sheriff’s Department as it continues to face a lawsuit from the state over the conditions in local lockups.

From Los Angeles Times