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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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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
People in the buying department quickly grew alarmed that their supply orders for batteries and electrodes were so steady.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
But Greathouse told jurors that Battaglia was becoming more alarmed about Silva’s behavior.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
By 2023, county officials became alarmed at the nonprofit’s handling of the contracts and of the naloxone itself, some of which was being stored outdoors in 100-degree heat at Stamos-Buesig’s home — a condition that can render the medication ineffective.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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