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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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Given the less-than-one-half-inch insect’s track record of devastating oaks since being first detected in San Diego County in 2008, scientists and land stewards are alarmed — and working to contain the outbreak.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The Doomsday Clock started almost 80 years ago, when physicists who developed the Bomb grew alarmed at its use against Japan to end World War II.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Protesters and speakers in Pflugerville described ICE as a nationwide problem and said its presence in the area has long alarmed locals.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
His parents had become increasingly alarmed about his behavior in the weeks before the killings.
—Steve Futterman, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The Doomsday Clock started almost 80 years ago, when physicists who developed the Bomb grew alarmed at its use against Japan to end World War II.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Protesters and speakers in Pflugerville described ICE as a nationwide problem and said its presence in the area has long alarmed locals.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
His parents had become increasingly alarmed about his behavior in the weeks before the killings.
—Steve Futterman, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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