How to Use alarming in a Sentence

alarming

adjective

• 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
• 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
• Lisa, it’s a little bit alarming to see the difference in the big cities.
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 15 Nov. 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 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
• Across the country, thieves are still driving off with the vehicles at an alarming rate.
  — Tom Krishner, oregonlive, 9 May 2023
• 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
• Recent data from the CDC found alarming rates of sadness among teen girls.
  — Caitlin Gilbert, Lindsey Bever, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Parts of Antarctica have been seeing alarming changes for a while.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 30 July 2023
• Seeing a cougar or a moose in your neighborhood can be alarming.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• The chaos was an alarming turn for a nation that only four years ago was an inspiration to both Africa and the Arab world.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• As a result, the boots are being duped at an alarming rate at places like Amazon and Target.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
• Another alarming climate milestones during the month included a lack of snow atop Mt. Fuji in Japan for the first time in 130 years of record keeping.
  — Brandon Miller, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
• Still, watching an artist cross the line from worship songs to what can be considered political propaganda is no less alarming.
  — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024