alarming
adjective
alarm·ing
ə-ˈlär-miŋ 
: causing people to feel danger or alarm or to be worried or frightened
alarming news
The statistics revealed an alarming increase in childhood obesity.
alarmingly
adverb
ə-ˈlär-miŋ-lē
an alarmingly high rate of infection
Examples of alarming in a Sentence
an alarming rise in her fever, causing the doctor to fear the worst
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Which is why our elections are so important, and why Trump’s attempt to put his fingers on the electoral scale is so alarming.
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Mohammadi uses drones to capture both beautiful and alarming environmental scenes.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Elordi's version of the mad scientist's monster boasts pale skin covered in scars, an alarming absence of eyebrows, and ratty dark hair extending past his shoulders.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
The impact is already being felt in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, where UNICEF reports an alarming 11% rise in the number of children with acute malnutrition between January and September this year.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Mohammadi uses drones to capture both beautiful and alarming environmental scenes.
—NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
Elordi's version of the mad scientist's monster boasts pale skin covered in scars, an alarming absence of eyebrows, and ratty dark hair extending past his shoulders.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
The impact is already being felt in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, where UNICEF reports an alarming 11% rise in the number of children with acute malnutrition between January and September this year.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alarming
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“Alarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarming. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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