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

Thence we proceeded on horseback as far as Speyer; we saw no sign of soldiers anywhere, although there had been alarming rumours.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

Without any exchange of speech at all he knew there had been alarming noises.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen

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

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