still alarm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of still alarm
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Despite being nearly a century old, this finely wrought composition system and its principal exponents still alarm more often than they enthral.
From The Guardian • May 6, 2016
Even in a vast storeroom, the grotesque faces painted on the wall in the 1980s by the artists Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny still alarm a viewer with their anger.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2015
He said there was still alarm over the situation around Debaltseve.
From Newsweek • Feb. 15, 2015
Fanny, the elder girl, stood still, alarm and consternation written plainly on her face.
From Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst by Broadhurst, George Howells
A herd of about thirty elephants, under the influence of a still alarm and sign signals, once vanished from the brush in front of me so quickly and so silently that it seemed uncanny.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
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