alarming
adjective
alarm·ing
ə-ˈlär-miŋ 
: causing people to feel danger or alarm or to be worried or frightened
alarming news
The statistics revealed an alarming increase in childhood obesity.
alarmingly
adverb
ə-ˈlär-miŋ-lē
an alarmingly high rate of infection
Examples of alarming in a Sentence
an alarming rise in her fever, causing the doctor to fear the worst
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Many have decried the arrival of the first trillionaire as the latest and most alarming example of that wealth gap.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
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—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 12 June 2026
Unfortunately, some experts have pointed out an alarming trend that, under Kennedy, the FDA has started to decline in enforcement of its regulations.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Hospitals and research studies have documented an alarming jump in babies not receiving the vitamin K shot, which has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1961 to help newborns’ blood to clot.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 12 June 2026
Unfortunately, some experts have pointed out an alarming trend that, under Kennedy, the FDA has started to decline in enforcement of its regulations.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
All of the alarming pseudodata on sunscreens causing problems with the body are mostly about chemical sunscreens.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for alarming
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“Alarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarming. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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