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Recent Examples of alarmingly
But mostly, the Elvis of EPiC is almost alarmingly alive.
—
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
These messages feel alarmingly real, and that's not an accident.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Social service requests are rising alarmingly in our region.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
And who, alarmingly, is starting to take on all my bad qualities?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Weekend lines often extended into the parking lot and regulars grew at an alarmingly rate.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The club is also overflowing with depth starters while remaining alarmingly short on traditional relievers.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
Night sweats are alarmingly common, affecting up to 41% of the population, and people between the ages of 41 and 55 are the most susceptible.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2026
Sometimes the dance floor is alarmingly sticky.
—The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
These messages feel alarmingly real, and that's not an accident.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Social service requests are rising alarmingly in our region.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
And who, alarmingly, is starting to take on all my bad qualities?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Weekend lines often extended into the parking lot and regulars grew at an alarmingly rate.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
The club is also overflowing with depth starters while remaining alarmingly short on traditional relievers.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
Night sweats are alarmingly common, affecting up to 41% of the population, and people between the ages of 41 and 55 are the most susceptible.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2026
Sometimes the dance floor is alarmingly sticky.
—The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
Adverb
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Even though there are at least one hundred people on this floor, colorful cubicle walls, and plenty of humorous art (a mug shot of Bill Gates from his arrest in Albuquerque is a favorite), the room is disturbingly quiet.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Watching it now, the performance feels disturbingly prescient, offering a glimpse of the managerial mindset that would eventually reshape American media into a pure war for attention.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The pipeline of new antibiotics remains distressingly thin, and most drugs currently in development are structurally similar to existing antibiotics, potentially limiting their effectiveness.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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That can be forgiven thanks to the film’s evocative imagery and the emotional resonance of its central themes, distressingly familiar to anyone who has ever lost themselves in a relationship.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Disappearances are still unsettlingly high.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Otherwise, the streets are unsettlingly quiet.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 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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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
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Not the Seattle Seahawks’ offensive coordination (or the New England Patriots’ lack thereof), mind you, but all those annoyingly catchy commercial jingles.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
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Sennott and her costars speak with an irritatingly fake affect, are shallower than a puddle in the desert and prize selfishness, indolence and artifice.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Motta reluctantly agreed to be Bernie Bickerstaff’s top assistant, and to teach the Nuggets his offense — and the $300,000 salary looked awfully good.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But all of this rapturous gazing made up a terribly small fraction of the experience of being a parent.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the arguments that AI will take over tasks and that will allow people to be more fully human is terribly mistaken and overtly hubristic.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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