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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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Still, Russia is genuinely alarmed at the prospect of US weapons, even defensive Patriot missile defense systems, flowing back into Ukraine.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
The reactions on social media were swift and alarmed.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2025
Just like Netanyahu manufactured this war to destroy diplomacy, the world should be highly alarmed about increasing attempts by the failing Israeli regime to get others to bail it out and to expand the flames to the region and beyond.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
And when the internet bloomed, people grew alarmed that easy access to information would erode our capacity for concentration and contemplation.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
The reactions on social media were swift and alarmed.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2025
Just like Netanyahu manufactured this war to destroy diplomacy, the world should be highly alarmed about increasing attempts by the failing Israeli regime to get others to bail it out and to expand the flames to the region and beyond.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
And when the internet bloomed, people grew alarmed that easy access to information would erode our capacity for concentration and contemplation.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
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“Alarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarmed. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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