(1) A number of investors have expressed concern at an alarming headline last week.(2) Insurance companies are warning drivers not to be heroes following the outbreak of an alarming new trend in car crime.(3) To pay such a heavy price for non-performance must have sent alarming signals to cricketers in Pakistan.(4) On the surface, the report could appear alarming .(5) I found the whole programme extremely interesting in some ways, yet alarming in others.(6) Even pedestrians, she says, find Auckland's congestion alarming .(7) The identities of the hijackers were provided by the FBI with alarming speed, some almost immediately.(8) The plight of children under 5 years of age was particularly alarming .(9) Such a policy will only worsen the already alarming housing situation.(10) The trade in souvenirs made of sea turtle shells has reached an alarming level.