How to Use alarming in a Sentence

alarming

adjective
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  • But at the start of the third year, a bone scan was alarming.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • So yes, the French right is bad, and its rise is alarming.
    — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • Here is my vote for the most alarming part of the Browns this season – the defense.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
  • One of the most alarming side harms, and one of the most-discussed, are the wounds that xylazine use can cause.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Killings in the city and around the country began an alarming spike in 2020.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
  • That’s alarming for the prospects of a just transition.
    — Morgan R. Frank, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The White House bulletin on the health of Woodrow Wilson was alarming.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The teen is part of an alarming trend among the country's K-12 students.
    — Leigh Paterson, NPR, 18 May 2024
  • Sweeney plays Claire, who shows up at the doorstep of her mother, Kate (Moore), in an alarming state.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
  • According to a new study, the news there is alarming as well.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, while the length of Dow’s sell-off is alarming, the magnitude is not the case.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Lisa, it’s a little bit alarming to see the difference in the big cities.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Fields was sacked 10 times through the first three games, more than the Bears would like but not an alarming total.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In the 1960s, heroin use in the United States was rising at an alarming pace.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The most alarming posts seem to be death threats targeted at She-Hulk.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The data showed an alarming 937% increase in babies over the past decade.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 24 June 2024
  • An alarming new study in the journal Nature shows how bad the problem could get in 32 coastal cities in the United States.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Most alarming to some are the dire news stories about a violent new gang.
    — Martin Kaste, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • The numbers have been alarming: In December, just 1,281 pounds of crawfish moved through the dock.
    — Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • No dressing gown and Uggs for you, no zit stickers and alarming hair in a scrunchie.
    — Daisy Jones, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2024
  • South Korea’s birth rate has reached alarming new lows.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Nothing alarming came from the NFL’s new kickoff rules.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The alarming moment functioned as a preview of the verdict.
    — David Masciotra, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Across the country, thieves are still driving off with the vehicles at an alarming rate.
    — Tom Krishner, oregonlive, 9 May 2023
  • But in recent years, these risks have increased at an alarming rate.
    — Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Because dust storms weren’t all that common in this area about a decade and a half ago, this statistic is quite alarming.
    — Korin Miller, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2024
  • That’s not to say that the alarming month that has just passed is solely a result of a hotter atmosphere.
    — Brady Dennis and Scott Dance, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • They shouldn’t be used with high-risk patients or those with alarming symptoms.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The rate at which animals are being let down is an alarming pace.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But that’s also why the way the Sixth Circuit arrived at its decision may be even more alarming than the ruling itself.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025

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