look alarmed
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Refers to appearing worried based on facial expression or demeanor.
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Examples (10)
- She looked alarmed when she heard the sudden crash from the kitchen.
- Why do you look so alarmed? Is everything alright?
- The pilot looked slightly alarmed at the warning light on the dashboard.
- He tried not to look alarmed when the police officer approached his car.
- The parents looked alarmed when their child didn't return from school on time.
- "Don't look so alarmed," she said soothingly, "it's just a spider."
- Upon reading the headline, his expression changed and he began to look alarmed.
- Even the most experienced sailors looked alarmed at the size of the approaching wave.
- I must have looked alarmed, because he quickly tried to reassure me.
- The cat looked alarmed for a moment when the vacuum cleaner started.