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Recent Examples of alarmingly
Their bodies are squat and bulky, tall and alarmingly skinny.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Water use levels spiked so alarmingly that town and county officials sent out an emergency alert telling people to stop watering their lawns.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
For one — and perhaps most alarmingly — the home, built in 1937, didn’t have a proper foundation, according to Handler.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2026
Nobody has made that disclosure and, alarmingly, no one has an obligation to.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
This takes an alarmingly long time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
While several features of the modern political landscape contribute to political stress, one culprit in particular is alarmingly efficient at converting politics into chronic stress – social media.
—Stephen Neely, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
When the wait had become alarmingly long, Lilian and Anna hurried into the woods.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Water use levels spiked so alarmingly that town and county officials sent out an emergency alert telling people to stop watering their lawns.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
For one — and perhaps most alarmingly — the home, built in 1937, didn’t have a proper foundation, according to Handler.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2026
Nobody has made that disclosure and, alarmingly, no one has an obligation to.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
This takes an alarmingly long time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
While several features of the modern political landscape contribute to political stress, one culprit in particular is alarmingly efficient at converting politics into chronic stress – social media.
—Stephen Neely, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
When the wait had become alarmingly long, Lilian and Anna hurried into the woods.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
Adverb
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Trump has been disturbingly clear that this isn’t about creating better elections.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Lonely young men on the internet, gun culture, school shootings and a need to be seen are themes colliding in Oscar Boyson‘s disturbingly twisted feature film debut Our Hero, which might just be a little too real to be a comfortable watch for many.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In many ways, Donovan’s story is distressingly familiar.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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In essence, Bright Lights, Big City, instead of being emotionally provoking and riveting, is distressingly gray and tedious, enlivened only by Fox’s gifted histrionics.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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On the season premiere of It Happened in Hollywood, director Lynne Littman and star Jane Alexander, nominated for an Oscar for her performance, revisit the film’s enduring impact, offering a deeply personal look at a project that still feels unsettlingly urgent.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Disappearances are still unsettlingly high.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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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Except for grackles, pigeons, house sparrows and other annoyingly social types that adore the company of humans, most birds will be found in green spaces far from the SXSW noise and crowds in or near downtown.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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But for me, the whole process—taking everything off the bed, washing all the pieces, and finding a place to store it all—is annoyingly tedious.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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No Diego Luna for Best Actor, no Stellan Skarsgård for Best Supporting Actor, no Elizabeth Dulau for Best Supporting Actress, and, most irritatingly of all, no Genevieve O’Reilly for Best Actress.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The willingness of the officers to jump into some awfully cold water was for a good cause – Special Olympics Illinois — is admirable.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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That’s despite the fact that outfielder Wyatt Langford (4 for 28) has gotten off to an awfully quiet start in the two hole.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Things aren’t going terribly well as of late for the Prius.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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