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is alarming

  • present progressive
    of alarm (3rd person singular).
    alarm
    noun
    a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.

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Senegal's public debt is alarming, although similar situations have played out elsewhere in Africa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

But the data surrounding colon-cancer rates is alarming, and getting screened is crucial to preventing colon cancer or catching it at an early stage.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

The trend indicated in the report is alarming, Chung said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

But the fact that I could have used up precious sleep time imagining I’d been stabbed in the back is alarming enough.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich