alarming

Example Sentences

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If Kane suffered an injury before or during the World Cup, the drop-off in quality and international pedigree is alarming.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

At first glance, finding worms in fish may seem alarming.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

An alarming nugget buried in the Treasury Department’s annual report External link on the federal government’s books from the last fiscal year: Its long-term liabilities exceed its expected revenue by tens of trillions of dollars.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It appeared to be based on Long Island, New York, and its messages were alarming.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield