alarm
noun
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
had been alarming
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past perfect progressiveof alarm.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In Charn she had been alarming enough in London, she was terrifying.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Without any exchange of speech at all he knew there had been alarming noises.
From Active Service by Crane, Stephen
Dickens in 1868 had been alarming his friends and exhausting himself by his public Readings.
From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson
The darkness of the forest had been alarming, but even worse was the white, still flood of moonlight in the open glade of the iguanodons.
From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
If my long sleep had been alarming, ought I not to have awoke in his arms?
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
