How to Use concerning in a Sentence

concerning

adjective

• Of all the issues that are on the table for the guild right now, which is the most concerning for you?
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
• Thus far, none of the above have shown a concerning level of impact from the Fed rate hikes.
  — Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• So those are the kinds of things that are probably more concerning.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• The $29 billion cost is for one drug, to treat one condition for one year—and most concerning, the drug may or may not work.
  — WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
• To the layman, the incidents looked more concerning than that.
  — The Editors, National Review, 31 Aug. 2023
• But more concerning is just how bad Maryland’s home-road splits are.
  — Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• So now there’s a difference of 23 years, which is still very concerning.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• But if the cooling trend turns to freezing, that could be more concerning for the economy’s long-term health.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
• But a closer look at the numbers shows a more concerning picture.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• Milan have had a concerning level of injuries this season, with 16 alone in the past two months.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• It can’t all be blamed on a concerning sophomore season.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• The first four stat categories were no doubt all positives, but this one is a bit more concerning.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2022
• Houston's effort issues across the last month were arguably the most concerning aspect of the 13-game losing streak.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 24 Jan. 2023
• What teachers-to-be aren’t being taught is perhaps even more concerning.
  — Daniel Buck, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• More concerning than the final tally was how those giveaways came.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2023
• More concerning is the offensive glass, where the Aztecs have already surrendered 25 in two games.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• So my understanding is the city is attending to two or three of the most concerning areas.
  — Curbed, 11 July 2023
• Perhaps more concerning than the surface was her devastating loss at the French Open last month.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• What’s perhaps more concerning is the profits meant to pay that dividend.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• More concerning than the nanoplastics in water bottles are the chemicals on them.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• This type of attack is now considered one of the most concerning ways that language models could be abused by hackers.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Among that group, the most concerning performance came from Drey Jameson on Sunday.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2023
• But recently, the term has taken on a more concerning timbre.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Jan. 2024
• There’s a fear of rejection that is almost more concerning than sharing my own songs with people.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
• However, perhaps the most concerning aspect is that the eclipsed sun will occur high in the sky behind the plane, allowing only those on the right-hand side of the plane to have any chance of straining to see the eclipsed sun.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Officials said the water is slightly acidic but not to a concerning or toxic level.
  — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2021
• Lost at sea, underwater The Titan may also be lost at the bottom of the ocean, which experts believe is a much more concerning scenario.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• But what’s more concerning is the domestic war of ideas that would surely accompany it.
  — WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
• This data leaves us with a concerning but vague picture of future metal supply.
  — Renee Grogan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• But these more concerning moments came and went without wall-to-wall coverage on cable news and social media.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024