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Recent Examples of alarmingly
But on opening night, the Charlotte Bobcats were a complete afterthought thanks to the alarmingly-youthful-seeming Rolling Stones.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Trent Grisham and Chisholm were alarmingly quiet.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
After a few days of snorkeling and beach-lolling, the view from our helicopter transfer to the Miavana resort on the island of Nosy Ankao just off Madagascar’s northeast, painted an alarmingly different picture.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
But the report shows that students across every political and ideological subgroup are alarmingly at ease with not only violence, but also the other, less extreme means of silencing opposing views.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Regardless of the potential upside, new product launches still experience alarmingly high rates of failure, with research suggesting failure rates closer to 40%.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Animals are going extinct at an alarmingly fast rate, largely due to human activity.
—Darian Woods, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Childhood is a time of enchantment, and a mother is a daughter’s first sorceress—omnipotent, enthralling, sometimes alarmingly so.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Global needs are alarmingly high, driven overwhelmingly by the consequences of conflict and instability, yet the resources required to meet them are shrinking as some governments cut their funding for international humanitarian work.
—Cindy McCain, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Trent Grisham and Chisholm were alarmingly quiet.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
After a few days of snorkeling and beach-lolling, the view from our helicopter transfer to the Miavana resort on the island of Nosy Ankao just off Madagascar’s northeast, painted an alarmingly different picture.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
But the report shows that students across every political and ideological subgroup are alarmingly at ease with not only violence, but also the other, less extreme means of silencing opposing views.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Regardless of the potential upside, new product launches still experience alarmingly high rates of failure, with research suggesting failure rates closer to 40%.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Animals are going extinct at an alarmingly fast rate, largely due to human activity.
—Darian Woods, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Childhood is a time of enchantment, and a mother is a daughter’s first sorceress—omnipotent, enthralling, sometimes alarmingly so.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Global needs are alarmingly high, driven overwhelmingly by the consequences of conflict and instability, yet the resources required to meet them are shrinking as some governments cut their funding for international humanitarian work.
—Cindy McCain, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
Adverb
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The son of an alcoholic named George and a religious zealot named Augusta, Gein was raised alongside his brother Henry in a disturbingly strict household.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Unlike lower-quality deepfakes, many of the Sora videos appear disturbingly realistic and accurately mimic the voices and facial expressions of deceased celebrities.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And yet, distressingly, this early stage is too often where the lists of possible awards contenders start to get narrowed down.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Opioid addiction is distressingly common in nearly every contact and combat sport, but Kerr was isolated from the endemic abuse of painkillers in the industry.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Drawing on Riefenstahl’s own words to reveal hypocrisy and self-mythologizing, the film utilizes archival footage and photographs to make history feel alive, immediate, and unsettlingly urgent.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Which, unsettlingly, is correct.—
Peter J. Frank,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The cable is a little over 3 feet long, a good length for connecting with a laptop or USB dock, but annoyingly short for a desktop tower placed farther from your work area.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the annoyingly meta touch tacked on at the last second is supposed to be clever.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But not without some awfully tense moments getting there.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews and Matias Maccelli line was awfully quiet, save for a bad penalty by Knies and the nice empty-netter from Matthews.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Demented cheering was broadcast on social media so loudly that many not-terribly-political Americans took notice.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Not terribly long ago, Spanish restaurants were abundant in this part of Manhattan, but a good number have died off in recent years.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Cate was pretty clearly always this force of negativity in his life, pretty much more than anybody else — pretty traumatically awful — so there’s utility in that.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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