Example Sentences

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Nithi Nesadurai, director with Climate Action Network Southeast Asia, said the signals from her region were concerning.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

Sidner traveled to Israel in October to cover the Israel-Hamas war before she was informed that her mammogram results were concerning and that she would need a biopsy as soon as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Yarmysh said last Friday that those developments were concerning given that Navalny recently fell ill and apparently fainted “out of hunger.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

One of the five, a senior manager at CATL, who like others asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Xi's remarks were concerning for the whole industry.

From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023

I am going to forget that I am an uncultured girl; I am going to dispense with all sentiment, and to reason as coldly as if it were concerning the matter most indifferent to me.

From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan