It grew alarmingly fast. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect. From Dictionary.com.
She leaned forward, her expression alarmingly earnest. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Omar's statement earlier that the situation on the Cape Flats had deteriorated "alarmingly". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He's barefoot as usual, and looks alarmingly tired. From Wordnik.com. [Capturing Kong] Reference
But alarmingly, he never mentioned our translators. From Wordnik.com. [Zachary J. Iscol: Don't turn the page on our translators] Reference
Reports about poaching are also mounting alarmingly. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Green-Challenged] Reference
They were moving quickly too, quite alarmingly quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
To me too it felt reassuringly, and alarmingly, like home. From Wordnik.com. [Building a Jerusalem in Zimbabwe's green and pleasant land] Reference
Some of the recent messages have gotten alarmingly specific. From Wordnik.com. [Terror Watch: Virtual Jihad] Reference
He'd invited HBO into his locker room and, alarmingly, his whirlpool. From Wordnik.com. [For the Jets, the Talk Gets Walked] Reference
Maybe it's cars, not carbs, that have fattened Americans so alarmingly. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A New Food Pyramid] Reference
It is a spectre that, according to statistics, is alarmingly prevalent. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
Beneath it was a stack of paper that had an alarmingly legal look to it. From Wordnik.com. [And then she was gone] Reference
In fact, she seemed to be alarmingly over-enthused by what each school had to offer. From Wordnik.com. [Which school should I choose?] Reference
African-American women face alarmingly high rates of high blood pressure and obesity. From Wordnik.com. [What Michelle Means to Us] Reference
More alarmingly, nearly a fifth of British children apparently eat two packets a day. From Wordnik.com. [Crisps: a very British habit] Reference
However, he found college football -- the NFL was two decades away -- alarmingly rough. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Rider In Green Bay] Reference
I know a physician whose patients are always alarmingly sick when he is first called to them. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The Governator himself once spoke admiringly of Hitler (and, more alarmingly, wienerschnitzel). From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Hyphenated In The U.S.A.] Reference
The college class of 2010 emerges into a world of alarmingly few very attractive entry-level jobs. From Wordnik.com. [The College Degrees With The Biggest Salaries] Reference
When Danny got back to his apartment, the phone's chime sounded alarmingly loud in the emptiness. From Wordnik.com. [Getaway] Reference
Overall, the number of children who are overweight are quite alarmingly on the rise in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Study: Concussions Soar Among Youth Athletes] Reference
However different our current objective, our efforts are alarmingly similar to those of the Russians. From Wordnik.com. [The CIA Solution for Afghanistan] Reference
Left unconstrained, the tunnel vision of the present U.S. administration is alarmingly self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Another Look At Spain] Reference
Without those, and the not-bad-at-all multiplayer mode, this would be an alarmingly short disappointment. From Wordnik.com. [Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days] Reference
An alarmingly vivacious youngwoman of middle-classorigins whomarries Charlesin order to rise in society. From Wordnik.com. [Best Left Unsaid: intro and ch.01] Reference
On Oct. 30, the World Food Program warned that malnutrition rates remain "alarmingly high" in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Nowhere To Go But Up] Reference
Our preliminary work would indicate nothing that was alarmingly different from other zoos of the same size. From Wordnik.com. [National Disaster?] Reference
Already China is squabbling fiercely with Asian neighbors as protectionist talk around the world rises alarmingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming China Meltdown] Reference
Donations from a federal program that buys excess crops from farmers and gives them to food banks has shrunk alarmingly. From Wordnik.com. [Blessed Is the Full Plate] Reference
Suddenly, the mind-numbing tales of obscure land dealings and state-capital intrigue are something more alarmingly recognizable. From Wordnik.com. [Whitewater Torture] Reference
Each year, more than 400,000 women have heart attacks and, alarmingly, the majority (64%) never experience the classic symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [Women, love your hearts] Reference
For a country that prides itself as the world's primus inter pares democracy, a 50 percent average voting rate is alarmingly low. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart Whatley: This Side of Democracy] Reference
The theory that levees in the Ninth Ward were blown up intentionally is by no means an "alarmingly popular notion in New Orleans.". From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Magazine] Reference
The reason, I must admit, is that I am rapidly approaching Codgerville, where suddenly -- and alarmingly -- I feel almost at home. From Wordnik.com. [I'M EMBRACING MY INNER CURMUDGEON] Reference
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