adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an alarming rate
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The alarming rate of increase in pollution levels has concerned environmentalists.
an alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
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I have detected a worrying trend of late.
with alarming frequency
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Businesses come and go with alarming frequency .
with alarming/increasing etc regularity
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Our team kept losing with monotonous regularity in a way that seems boring or annoying .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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In a different and much more alarming category is the fate of the Soviet industry.
■ NOUN
rate
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Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate .
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Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open.
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Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views.
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Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it's growing at an alarming rate .
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Car use is increasing at an alarming rate .
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Jobs are now disappearing at an alarming rate .
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Mark Moore seems to be shedding vocalists at an alarming rate .
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In its report titled the Lost Land published today, it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Agricultural open space is disappearing at an alarming rate.
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An alarming number of young girls are worried about their weight.
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an alarming rise in crime
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Baggage seems to go missing with alarming frequency on these flights.
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Even more alarming is the increase in child porn sites on the Internet.
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It's alarming to think how many people are at risk.
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The epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate.
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The young girls she treats in alarming numbers are the victims of broken homes and parental neglect.
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There are no easy answers to the alarming number of mass killings taking place in our cities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Closer co-operation is needed to check an alarming trend.
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Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it's growing at an alarming rate.
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Decisions can have alarming consequences and non-decisions can be fatal.
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Despite this rather alarming fact, essential oils are harmless to skin if used correctly as advocated in this book.
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Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate.
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In its report titled the Lost Land published today, it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.