Example Sentences

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Even when pressed on the potential impact of a "quagmire" scenario in the Gulf that would curtail oil and jet fuel exports for several more months, executives did not appear overly alarmed.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

China's food delivery sector is characterised by competition so fierce that it has alarmed the authorities.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

WASHINGTON—On a recent call with the heads of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies, Vice President JD Vance was alarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

White working-class and precarious middle-class voters were alarmed not only at the upending of the racial caste system but also at what they saw as an unraveling of society in general.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

People looked up, alarmed by a girl appearing out of nowhere, shouting, but I rushed past them, straining to see through my tears.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows