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: feeling a sense of danger : urgently worried, concerned, or frightened
I was alarmed to see how sick she looked.
And what followed was not a miracle but a … model of how tough government, cooperative businessmen and a very alarmed public can make a dirty world clean again.—
William Oscar Johnson
William Oscar Johnson2
: equipped with an alarm
an alarmed door
Most exits were locked and alarmed, and employees had to show ID badges when they entered lab buildings.—Jennifer Nagorka
Jennifer NagorkaExamples of alarmed in a Sentence
the Mohawks were the trapper's friends, so he was not the least bit alarmed at the sight of the band of Mohawk hunters
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The superintendent said the employee continued with the conversation and did not appear alarmed by Leddy's comments.
—Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
While in Brazil for the Earthshot Prize in November, the Prince of Wales spoke candidly about the challenge of keeping Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, informed but not alarmed.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
With Europe alarmed about Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) entering its airspace, a Swedish firm has said its interception device can help protect the eastern flank of NATO, and the wider region, as the alliance mulls a drone wall to counter Moscow’s hybrid threats.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The changes have alarmed climate scientists.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
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Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
While in Brazil for the Earthshot Prize in November, the Prince of Wales spoke candidly about the challenge of keeping Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, informed but not alarmed.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
With Europe alarmed about Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) entering its airspace, a Swedish firm has said its interception device can help protect the eastern flank of NATO, and the wider region, as the alliance mulls a drone wall to counter Moscow’s hybrid threats.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The changes have alarmed climate scientists.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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