be alarming

Frequency: 8.025.0 per million words

Used to state a fact or condition that causes alarm.

alarmingVERB + alarming

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Examples (10)

  • The rapid decline in bee populations is alarming.
  • The number of new cases reported yesterday was alarming.
  • His indifference to the suffering of others can be alarming.
  • The results of the latest climate study are extremely alarming.
  • The recent spike in unemployment figures has been alarming for economists.
  • If we don't act now, the long-term effects on the environment will be alarming.
  • It is alarming to see how much the polar ice caps have melted.
  • The silence from the authorities on this matter is alarming.
  • The sheer speed of the wildfire's spread was alarming to the firefighters.
  • What I found in the report was quite alarming.