alarm
noun
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
alarmedly
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a word derived from
alarm.
Example Sentences
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But Don glanced alarmedly toward the fringe of spectators and hid as best he could behind Thursby!
From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell
They shrank alarmedly back; many sought the well.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
Hazel heard his step on the rough stones, and was alarmedly sure that it was he.
From Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb
“I ain't doin' nothin', mother,” said he; but his eyes rolled alarmedly after his mother as she went across the kitchen.
From Pembroke A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Millthorpe looked anxiously and alarmedly after him a moment, then made a movement in pursuit, but paused again.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
