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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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Examples of alarmed in a Sentence
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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How alarmed – and surprised – should mainstream parties be?
Generation, not geography
Consider these policy proposals.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 June 2024
Meanwhile, just a few months ago, in February, 2024, a living oarfish — this one more than 12 feet long, and distressingly mangled and bloody — alarmed fishermen when it was found on another beach in the Philippines.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2024
It is protected in botanical gardens with security measures such as alarmed cages designed to deter poachers.
—Laura Cinti, Ars Technica, 16 June 2024
Chants and slogans like ‘all of Jordan is Hamas’ and ‘Jordanian day of rage’ alarmed security officials and led to multiple arrests.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 June 2024
Meanwhile, just a few months ago, in February, 2024, a living oarfish — this one more than 12 feet long, and distressingly mangled and bloody — alarmed fishermen when it was found on another beach in the Philippines.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2024
It is protected in botanical gardens with security measures such as alarmed cages designed to deter poachers.
—Laura Cinti, Ars Technica, 16 June 2024
Chants and slogans like ‘all of Jordan is Hamas’ and ‘Jordanian day of rage’ alarmed security officials and led to multiple arrests.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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