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Recent Examples of alarmingly
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).
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarmingly
Adverb
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The Leafs were disturbingly lifeless early against the Senators and nothing happened.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
Adverb
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More distressingly, their 11 losses last season didn’t just mark the head coach’s first losing season since his tenure in Kansas City began in 2013.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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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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 classic bikini fairing harks back to the original café racer's front end, surrounding a pair of awfully low-slung clip-on handlebars and dual electronic clocks behind a compact visor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In Geekbench, the A18 Pro’s single-core speeds weren't terribly far behind the A16’s multi-core<\/em> speeds.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Also, stars in this frenzied state aren’t terribly stable; the fusion rate can be tempestuous, and the star undergoes incredibly violent paroxysms.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Alarmingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarmingly. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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