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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
Jennifer NagorkaExamples 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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The lawsuit was updated as Kennedy took more steps that alarmed medical societies, causing the plaintiffs to ask Murphy to take steps to address those policy changes too.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Wilson wasn't alarmed because this was not the first time his surveillance had captured a burglary crew.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The company in March Nielsen delayed the release of the February results of its popular tabulation after some clients became alarmed by a downturn in streaming audiences following a decision by the measurement giant to add new data to its mix.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
As people became alarmed about the possibility of rising skin cancer rates, nations met in 1987 to pass the Montreal Protocol and phase out CFCs.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Wilson wasn't alarmed because this was not the first time his surveillance had captured a burglary crew.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The company in March Nielsen delayed the release of the February results of its popular tabulation after some clients became alarmed by a downturn in streaming audiences following a decision by the measurement giant to add new data to its mix.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
As people became alarmed about the possibility of rising skin cancer rates, nations met in 1987 to pass the Montreal Protocol and phase out CFCs.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for alarmed
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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