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: feeling a sense of danger : urgently worried, concerned, or frightened
I was alarmed to see how sick she looked.
And what followed was not a miracle but a … model of how tough government, cooperative businessmen and a very alarmed public can make a dirty world clean again.—
William Oscar Johnson
William Oscar Johnson2
: equipped with an alarm
an alarmed door
Most exits were locked and alarmed, and employees had to show ID badges when they entered lab buildings.—Jennifer Nagorka
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the Mohawks were the trapper's friends, so he was not the least bit alarmed at the sight of the band of Mohawk hunters
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From his second-floor office in the Scurry County Courthouse, Hicks told the Abilene Reporter-News, part of the USA TODAY Network, workers in the building became alarmed during a5.0 quake Friday, which hit at 9:28 a.m. local time.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
Treasury aides who had once labored in obscurity took recommendations directly to Cabinet officials, who were simultaneously hearing from alarmed Fortune 500 CEOs and the heads of Wall Street banks.
—Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
But many public health experts have expressed opposition and are growing increasingly alarmed at the prospect of Kennedy holding any kind of senior position with influence over the U.S. health system.
—Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
Her aunt grew alarmed two days later when the bleeding grew heavier.
—Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
Treasury aides who had once labored in obscurity took recommendations directly to Cabinet officials, who were simultaneously hearing from alarmed Fortune 500 CEOs and the heads of Wall Street banks.
—Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
But many public health experts have expressed opposition and are growing increasingly alarmed at the prospect of Kennedy holding any kind of senior position with influence over the U.S. health system.
—Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
Her aunt grew alarmed two days later when the bleeding grew heavier.
—Cassandra Jaramillo and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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