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
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Examples of alarming in a Sentence
an alarming rise in her fever, causing the doctor to fear the worst
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Suicide has been an urgent issue for the health system in light of the alarming numbers among U.S. veterans, who have lost their lives to suicide at higher rates than the broader population.
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The alarming rhetoric about Muslim population growth too have dominated the election discourse, fueled by the BJP's top leader, Modi, who has been criticized for his Islamophobic remarks, evoking memories of Gujarat's 2002 riots.
—Ismat Ara, TIME, 31 May 2024
One was the alarming assessment of conditions around Kharkiv that Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered to the president after visiting Kyiv earlier this month.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The May 27 episode was not the first time Hayes revealed that the NBC cast received alarming mail.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The alarming rhetoric about Muslim population growth too have dominated the election discourse, fueled by the BJP's top leader, Modi, who has been criticized for his Islamophobic remarks, evoking memories of Gujarat's 2002 riots.
—Ismat Ara, TIME, 31 May 2024
One was the alarming assessment of conditions around Kharkiv that Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered to the president after visiting Kyiv earlier this month.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The May 27 episode was not the first time Hayes revealed that the NBC cast received alarming mail.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
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“Alarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarming. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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