How To Use Alarmed In A Sentence

  • Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
  • The breaking of a branch under my foot alarmed the deer.
  • CAMBODIA - Cambodia is alarmed at the illegal import of pigs from the neighboring country of Viet Nam. ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds
  • But alarmed experts have warned of the dangers. The Sun
  • Journalists alarmed by the directions of both the profession and journalism education said the initiative comes at an opportune time.
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  • She bit her lip in confusion, alarmed at the wash of warmth in her body.
  • Mum sounded very alarmed and distressed and told me to lock the doors. The Sun
  • She was alarmed to hear a very obvious lack of conviction in her voice, though.
  • But others, founding their assertions upon more plausible reasoning, say that the petty Mussulman kings, who were the neighbours or tributaries of Benabad, justly alarmed at his alliance with a {93} Christian king, solicited the support of the Almoravide. History of the Moors of Spain
  • That alarmed the conservationists while failing to satisfy the engineers.
  • Alarmed at the first sound, we hit the dirt.
  • This brought the majority of the crew onto the main deck, many armed, all alarmed.
  • The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be lead to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
  • There are a few exaggerations, but none to be alarmed at, as they are frankly made for exportation. Times, Sunday Times
  • With my alarm, we have it set so at night there is an unalarmed 'pathway' down the stairs to the kitchen.
  • Yet the news has alarmed the charity world. Times, Sunday Times
  • I can see her now, fingering her brittle bangs, blinking so fast that this microscopist she's found might be alarmed if he were to look at her, but he has not done much of that; instead he peers at the monitor, uses a sterling accessory to show her the worms. Florida
  • Luckily, prison reformers need not be alarmed. Times, Sunday Times
  • These all possess an extraordinary organ situated on the neck, the well-known Y-shaped tentacle, which is entirely concealed in a state of repose, but which is capable of being suddenly thrown out by the insect when alarmed. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays
  • I'm alarmed that people over the age of 16 can act so unpleasantly towards their fellow humans, but I suppose that makes me naive and thin-skinned.
  • What do you say, when you discover the unimpressive and slightly alarmed figure behind all the carefully crafted demonizations?
  • Don't get alarmed, don't get peevish, don't get panicky, don't be a wicked old flutterer, Ham, my boy!" he said. Bones in London
  • Robinson was surprised and a little alarmed at such an untypical gesture.
  • Yet the way she says it is urgent, funny, alarmed but undogmatic. Times, Sunday Times
  • But after the ignominious recapture of a king who appeared bent on internationalizing his plight, other monarchs were alarmed.
  • It calmed me so much so that I was totally unalarmed when I saw a large black spider go scuttling by along the wainscotting.
  • This shielding along with the cryptic coloration of the predator prevents the prey from becoming alarmed.
  • The “Interior of Willesden Church” is excellent as a composition, and a piece of artistical workmanship; the groups are well arranged; and the figure of Mrs. Sheppard looking round alarmed, as her son is robbing the dandy Kneebone, is charming, simple, and unaffected. George Cruikshank
  • A knock at the door alarmed me and my silver filigree brush clanged off the glass vanity.
  • Chapter Two But I can't swim! the bardling thought, alarmed at the prospect of going to sea. Escape From Roksamur
  • We are all alarmed by the rise in violent crime.
  • Legislators there say they are alarmed at the number of unlicensed, uninsured illegal aliens who are driving in their state.
  • The doctors have decided to keep him in hospital overnight but there is nothing to be alarmed about.
  • Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks. The Elvis Latte
  • Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere _figurante_. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
  • Alarmed by Russian pogroms and the anti-Semitic Dreyfus trial in France, Herzl wrote a manifesto, "The Jewish State" (1895), and a novel, "The Old-New Land" (1900), before bearding the German Kaiser at the gates of Jerusalem. City of Peace—and War
  • The trust said it was alarmed that he was endangering his safety. Times, Sunday Times
  • Yet however, from time to time, he felt alarmed or offended, he never ceased to experience the fondest interest in her happiness, nor the most tender compassion for the dangers with which he saw her environed. Camilla
  • Hikers in the Los Angeles forest which surrounds the city were alarmed over the last few weeks by reports of a full-grown tiger roaming their trails.
  • The Princess became somewhat alarmed; she was besides extremely good-natured, nor had her intentions of leading the old man into what would render him ridiculous, been so accurately planned with malice prepense, as they were the effect of accident and chance. Count Robert of Paris
  • Katherine was slightly alarmed by his languid movements.
  • Conservative MPs have most immediate reason to be alarmed by further advances for the Lib Dems, especially when it is coupled with an attempt to decapitate leading members of the shadow cabinet.
  • Lady Sarah, who plainly discerned her mo - ther's anxious curiosity, thought it her doty to keep bcT husband's secrets; and, iraftgio - ing that she knew the whole truth, was not farther alarmed by these hints, nor did they lead her to suspect tbe real state of lh« taiBe. Tales of Fashionable Life
  • People are alarmed when they see these kinds of outbreaks and they want the food industry to do something," Robert Brackett, a food industry analyst said.
  • The breaking of a branch under my foot alarmed the deer.
  • Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
  • The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
  • the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
  • Groves of rigging were about the chains; and there, peering from behind a great stay, like an Indian from behind a hemlock, a Spanish sailor, a marlingspike in his hand, was seen, who made what seemed an imperfect gesture towards the balcony, but immediately as if alarmed by some advancing step along the deck within, vanished into the recesses of the hempen forest, like a poacher. The Piazza Tales
  • Before the enemy's attack he crossed the river and alarmed the unarmed villagers.
  • You turn up a bit grubby, with a dusty old backpack, and they look rather alarmed.
  • Such attitudes alarmed his more conventional sisters.
  • A Swedish peace group says it is alarmed at what it calls the brewing arms race in tension-filled parts of the world. English.chosun.com : Total
  • That might have been me, I thought, alarmed by the unsavory jealousy welling up inside.
  • They are alarmed at the sustained physical effort of the Broomfield players and the manner in which they battle for possession.
  • As my gaiters filled top down with slime, I uttered a few choice words but was not unduly alarmed.
  • She leaned forward in her swivel chair, and stared straight into me with unalarmed eyes. Therapists
  • An alarmed octopus or one that is near death turns a cadaverous gray.
  • Warning: this building is alarmed.
  • Environmentalists are alarmed by the dramatic increase in pollution.
  • Before the enemy's attack he crossed the river and alarmed the unarmed villagers.
  • The empty house alarmed him
  • And when they mounted their ponies and rode away, we were more alarmed than ever, for we feared they had gone for reinforcements.
  • She began to grow alarmed when she realized how late it was.
  • She had never seen this side of him before and she felt a tug at her heartstrings which alarmed her quite a bit.
  • That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
  • Vacationers returning from September cruises in the Bahamas, Bermuda, and elsewhere have become increasingly alarmed at the continued bleaching and loss of the coral reefs, due primarily to the warmer and more acidified oceans. Washington D.C. weather in the year 2076, part II
  • And he grew alarmed as she became increasingly brazen about her habit. The Sun
  • When his ship was becalmed for three days, his men grew alarmed, thinking that they had reached a shore and were in imminent danger of running aground.
  • She left her second floor room and exited the hallway through an unalarmed stairwell door at the nursing home.
  • They are mainly active by day, and use well trodden paths, but disappear into dense undergrowth when alarmed. Animals of the World
  • Instead, however, of their laughter lessening, the cachinnations became so violent that I began to feel seriously alarmed.
  • He was alarmed about the aircraft's emptying fuel tank. Times, Sunday Times
  • Alarmed, Mei-ling and Ei-ling initiated a subtle intrigue designed to keep Stilwell in place.
  • When alarmed they utter a sharp metallic clinking sound rather like that made by a hammer striking an anvil.
  • I am delighted that we have been able to put up so many lifebelts but we also need alarmed lifebelts.
  • The trust said it was alarmed that he was endangering his safety. Times, Sunday Times
  • The growing number of "robocalls" has alarmed privacy lovers, people who need their phones constantly and those who resist the onslaught of commercialism.
  • One is the home, now triple-bolted, alarmed and window-locked against intruders.
  • I was quite alarmed to feel the foils scraping the sand halfway across even at high water, so as I didn't want to get neaped, I retraced my route back to Walney where I decided to dry out for the night.
  • Once he denounced modern architecture and also alarmed the medical establishment with praise for homeopathic medicine. Times, Sunday Times
  • When alarmed, the _chikara_ stamps its foot and gives a sharp little hiss. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Many women are alarmed by suggestions of a link between the contraceptive pill and breast cancer.
  • At first this especially alarmed western embassies, which dealt regularly with these activists. Times, Sunday Times
  • His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.
  • Folk purists needn't be alarmed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Rum, miscetur aqua -- dulci miscetur acetum, fiet et ex tali foedere -- nobile Punch. and our worthy grand-fathers used to take a dose of it every night in their lives, before going to bed, till doctor Cheyne alarmed them by the information, that they were pouring liquid fire down their throats. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829
  • The chairmen of the nationalized industries were greatly alarmed by this proposal.
  • The title alarmed a number of peace activists who were worried that Gregory, a research analyst at the Libertarian Blog Place
  • Such incendiary observations may have alarmed some anglophone New Brunswickers, and the 1967 results essentially reproduced those of the previous two provincial elections.
  • There do not seem many other options left and we know that fish that are not alarmed can be intensely curious. Times, Sunday Times
  • The game's popularity alarmed the authorities, who promptly banned it, thus assuring the total success of the animal game.
  • I was alarmed by the note of contempt in her voice, and determined to stick to the point: `What was Lady Croma's soiree ? THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
  • Now the quills, they rattle their quills if they are being alarmed.
  • Germany observes strict privacy laws and the testing has alarmed civil rights campaigners. Times, Sunday Times
  • He has spotted fresh buffalo spoor followed by a flock of alarmed oxpecker birds taking flight. Same Sun and Moon: My guide through the African bush
  • Others are alarmed by too much emotional intensity.
  • The snuffling of the thin, black, unalarmed dog near his legs. THE LAST RAVEN
  • It's old, comfy, has bags of charm and character, but we were alarmed recently to hear it was up for sale and was probably going to be converted into a house.
  • And the smell of smoke and brimstone, which so alarmed the bedmaker? Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • I began to be alarmed and wrathy; but I felt that my knowledge of French was not equal to adequately expressing my sentiments and decided to await developments.
  • The president's rapprochement was in part meant to counterbalance his deteriorating relationship with those segments of the armed forces leadership alarmed by the scale of the first family's corruption.
  • He grew alarmed by my bouts of breathless coughing; mollycoddle, he said, but he said it with fright in his face. LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES
  • He said: " I'm alarmed by the growing number of occasions when guns are used.
  • But the genius of Clive reversed the situation with dramatic swiftness; the French authorities at home, alarmed at these dangerous adventures, repudiated and recalled Dupleix (1754), and the British power was left to apply the methods which he had invented. The Expansion of Europe
  • Lady Margaret received her with a coldness that bordered upon incivility; irascible by nature and jealous by situation, the appearance of beauty alarmed, and of chearfulness disgusted her. Cecilia
  • Alarmed by a spiralling number of muggings and thefts - particularly of mobile phones - hundreds of police in London are to blitz the streets.
  • Sorry if I alarmed you with my insane ravings.
  • The doe took off, alarmed, at a breakneck pace, the whites of her eyes showing.
  • On the one hand his patience had been delightfully rewarded, but on the other hand he had intruded on their private pleasures and had alarmed them.
  • Hamath is confounded -- at the tidings of the overthrow of the neighboring Damascus. on the sea -- that is, at the sea; the dwellers there are alarmed. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • She shut her eyes for a moment, and heard again the alarmed protest of the whaup, and the grumble of the burn; saw again the moonlight patterns upon the ground, as it flittered through the trees, like streams of fairy radiance cast from the magic wand of night and, above all, heard Peter's voice, praising her eyes, her hair, her figure. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
  • They are alarmed even though religious values are serving more as a brake on cultural reform than a vehicle for overturning the left's past advances.
  • Prudence, her eyes on him, felt alarmed when she saw what must have been a twinge of pain seize his body and pass over his face. Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage
  • Nordau took it from Bénédict Morel, a French psychiatrist, who was alarmed at what he considered accelerating cretinism and insanity. Bloodlust
  • That the Scottish peasants have had bad thoughts against us, I will be the last to deny; but, long debarred from any silvan sport, you cannot wonder at their crowding to any diversion by wood or river, and still less at their being easily alarmed as to the certainty of the safe footing on which they stand with us. Castle Dangerous
  • The room where kit is stored is locked and alarmed at night, but during the day people have free access.
  • Excursion_ (_Works of Wordsworth_, 1889, p. 434), "unalarmed" by any consideration of wit or humour, writes down Voltaire's _Optimist_ The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
  • The government was alarmed by two things above all - the impact of French notions of ‘self-determination’ on Britain's Low Country client states, and the contagion of ideas.
  • Some ministers are alarmed at the financial and reputational impact on universities and exports. Times, Sunday Times
  • If Europeans were whales, biologists would be alarmed that their ecosystem is not healthy. The Health Care Market, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • An Article appearing in The Scientist - a bimonthly that supplies current information for ‘life scientists’ - has alarmed our reader Michael Watters, and rightly so.
  • His departure left bitterness among his local supporters and the allegations which he still faces alarmed party supporters, opponents and non-aligned voters alike.
  • Looking at John, something fixed and distant in his expression alarmed him. A Haunted House, and other short stories
  • The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was alarmed by his violent outburst.
  • We looked about and could see neither her nor Alice; and as it was nearly the hour they call vesper, though the days were still pretty long, we were greatly alarmed at their disappearance. Jacques Bonneval
  • Alarmed, insurance lobbyists went to work in the Senate and hit paydirt when they convinced Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to come out against it. Wendell Potter: Public Option Is Alive in CT, But Insurers' BFFs Are Out to Kill It
  • He ignored complaints from alarmed consumer groups in order to maintain popular momentum for a measure he regards as essential.
  • In case mention of acupuncture has alarmed you, treatment of this imbalance is a gentle process.
  • A person who is alarmed experiences a sudden fear or apprehension of danger - some sort of anxiety.
  • She bit her lip in confusion, alarmed at the wash of warmth in her body.
  • Not looking in any way alarmed or surprised, he asked me in a monotone: ‘Do you want to file a report with the campus police?’
  • Eventually, massaging, washing, and oiling of the scalp were together referred to as shampooing, even as some of the more popular methods of the day would have alarmed practitioners of traditional Indian medicine. The English Is Coming!
  • The trust said it was alarmed that he was endangering his safety. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, mothers and grannies of the bride need not be alarmed, as wraps, boleros and capes are very much in vogue for the service at least.
  • A lot of local residents have been quite alarmed about how studentification has affected their community," admitted Ian Wright, Oxford city council's health development service manager. Oxford launches crackdown on 'rogue' student digs
  • When he entered the small road he was alarmed by an unusual concentration of cars parked along it.
  • They were alarmed by a potential inrush of Indian traders from East Africa - who soon turned out to be invaluable additions to the economy, reviving corner-shops and pharmacies, and building up small businesses throughout Britain.
  • If on a summer's stroll you see a giant creature or a lissome woman hanging from a tree, don't be alarmed.
  • Now that the national has gone from relaxed and comfortable to alert but not alarmed, everyone's a little touchy about who might be up to no good.
  • Harry is fed up being confused, alarmed and he finds he has seized the little weasel, the little spiv and ground him like pretzel against the dividing panel.
  • The guard's tongue flickered around his jowls; he looked confused, alarmed.
  • This alarmed so much, that the predetermined vote of acquittal or approbation was forced to be dropped, and to their great astonishment the late cabinet is not thanked parliamentarily for having lost Minorca. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
  • He was alarmed about the aircraft's emptying fuel tank. Times, Sunday Times
  • They were alarmed to see a firearm tucked into the waistband of his trousers and only later did they find out it was an air pistol.
  • Economists nevertheless refuse to be alarmed by fearful prognoses of deflation.
  • On such occasions, Vittore's accomplices were in waiting; and the unsuspecting stranger -- pillaged and alarmed, would return to the vettura penniless. A Love Story
  • Briefly alarmed by her vehemence, Kethry stretched weary mage-senses one more time, fearing to find that the blade was some kind of ensorcelled trap, or bore a curse. The Oathbound
  • If you feel more gassy than normal, don't be alarmed; this is normal.
  • Alarmed at the violent feelings aroused by the crime, Judge Cornelius Hedges closed the hearings to the public.
  • The factory would have produced toxic paraxylene, and residents who learned of the plans were understandably alarmed.
  • Leading HIV experts are alarmed that the government of The Gambia is encouraging citizens living with HIV to stop taking antiretroviral medications in order to try an unproven herbal remedy. Lizard of the Penguins
  • The New York team's work, published yesterday in the online version of the journal Science, alarmed polio specialists, but also prompted concerns that other viruses more suitable for biowarfare, such as smallpox, could be synthesised.
  • She began to grow alarmed when she realized how late it was.
  • That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
  • They were introduced late in the nineteenth century by colonists alarmed by the spread of rabbits and hares.
  • But prominent psychologists and psychiatrists are alarmed.
  • He looked at the dashboard and, alarmed at the galaxy of flashing lights, realized that the car had stalled.
  • I told him; and aded, that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that There would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. Fact checking Sarah Palin's twist on Paul Revere
  • His departure left bitterness among his local supporters and the allegations which he still faces alarmed party supporters, opponents and non-aligned voters alike.
  • I was astonished to read this meaningless drivel, and alarmed that the Herald would have any interest in publishing it - to the point of placing it on the main page.
  • But the cascade of recent revelations has left human rights groups understandably alarmed.
  • Si Peters and Wash Crosby were evidently alarmed at the turn affairs had taken, and they called their chums around them for consultation. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview
  • The medicine colors your urine bright orange, so do not be alarmed by the color when you urinate.
  • I loved that anthology, and, although an 11-year-old aspiring "poetess", I wasn't alarmed that women were more often the subjects than the authors (what's so bad about being a rarity?) but, yes, it was refreshing suddenly to be presented with this notion that the poet's desired woman might not exist at all; that she might be a figment of his imagination. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • He was alarmed that among non-fiction publications based on PhD theses, anything that seeks to move beyond anecdotage to argument and analysis becomes fair game for reviewers.
  • Alarmed by the violence of her sorrow and by being a witness to it, but impatient with the sorrow itself, Ray was a poor pacifier.
  • The mountain, however, showed now on the port bow; so, the ship must necessarily have run down a considerable portion of the western coast, after they had abandoned the idea of weathering the island on the port tack -- which they had done as soon as they were alarmed by the sound of breakers, letting her drive to leeward -- before the collision with the berg. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land
  • The journalists said they were particularly alarmed by the number of chat room paedophiles their research uncovered in such a short period.
  • Meredith shrank back, alarmed by the unpleasant intention behind his expression.
  • But many in Botswana are alarmed at his rise, which they see as a reflection of growing military influence and an authoritarian trend in a country that is less democratic than it seems.
  • If they are alarmed they go spiralling high into the sky. Times, Sunday Times
  • Theirs was a knowledge of a whole substratum of the population that confused and alarmed her. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • According to a Wall Street Journal editorial by Andrew Kohut, Unlike just a few years ago, when the publics of America's oldest allies rued America's power, they are now alarmed by its diminished economic might. Blythe McGarvie: The Reluctant Superpower
  • And he grew alarmed as she became increasingly brazen about her habit. The Sun
  • The kids only stopped for a split second, slightly alarmed by the sudden outburst of noise.
  • They were amazed and alarmed, to see us make, what they called thunder and lightning. Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830
  • Many women are alarmed by suggestions of a link between the contraceptive pill and breast cancer.
  • Puzzled and alarmed, shaking his head ruefully as he recalled the carouse of the silent, he hobbled down the mountain as fast as he might for the grip of the rheumatism on his knees and elbows, and entered his native village. Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills
  • Anne was once more pregnant but at the end of the month, alarmed by news of Henry's heavy fall at a joust, she gave premature birth to a dead son.
  • Yet the news has alarmed the charity world. Times, Sunday Times
  • To be quite honest, Georgia wasn't really terribly ill, just a bit alarmed by the unfamiliar sensation of itchiness all over her body and the spots really did get everywhere. Charlie Condou: The three of us
  • And for years immigration from the Islamic countries has looked destabilizing, as tension has increased between the children of Arab immigrants (beurs and beurettes, as they're called) and alarmed whites who question their assimilability. The Crescent and the Tricolor
  • They stay deep in the reeds, and when they are alarmed they stretch their necks and point their long beaks straight at the sky. Times, Sunday Times
  • The fair Rachel has been trying to revive this genre, and to untomb Racine; but be not alarmed, Racine will never come to life again, and cause audiences to weep as of yore. The Paris Sketch Book
  • Alarmed, John hurried back over to the shelf, grabbed a third panel, and arrived at the sensor cone in record time.
  • Realising that something had gone wrong, the alarmed miner was making his way out of the pit.
  • Those alarmed by insect life should consider holidaying in Skegness.
  • That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
  • The London booksellers of that time were alarmed at the invasion of what they called their literary property by a Scottish publisher who had presumed to bring out an edition of the English poets. Inns and Taverns of Old London
  • Do not be alarmed by this trend but always warn the parents that it is a possibility.
  • Furthermore, it had been alarmed at local initiatives taken in the immediate aftermath of the June war.
  • The gasolier trembled, the floor throbbed, the little goblin dwelling pulsated as if it were alarmed. The Judge
  • The birds never alarmed while the decoy was placed or removed, but did so during nest visits, so we believe that disturbance due to the observer was negligible.
  • The consultancy is also alarmed by signs that the credit crunch is set to wreak further serious damage through a prolonged lending drought. Times, Sunday Times
  • He did not seem unduly alarmed at the white shade of my skin. Times, Sunday Times
  • The airy feathers on her wings bristled suddenly, and she turned an alarmed glance to the ceiling.
  • If on a summer's stroll you see a giant creature or a lissome woman hanging from a tree, don't be alarmed.
  • Nothing less than the truth, but it so alarmed Mrs G that she concluded I must be deeply disturbed and summoned my mother for a confab.

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