alarm
noun
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
were alarming
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past progressiveof alarm.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But the numbers he was seeing were alarming.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
But the Public Sector Chairs' Forum said that initial indications that the cuts could hit 20% were alarming.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
Shem Unger, a conservation geneticist at Wingate University in North Carolina, said that the findings were alarming.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
The levels of anger and despair from users after Replika was taken offline were alarming.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
The events in Jamestown were alarming to the planter elite, who were deeply fearful of the multiracial alliance of bond workers and slaves.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
