alarmed at

You keep looking at the clock and are alarmed at time passing. You feel as if you'll never get where you need to be.

As the war went on, the army authorities and the War Office became alarmed at the high proportion of men suffering head injuries.

His mother was alarmed at the ghastliness of his face.

When he opened the door, van Rossman was surprised, but not alarmed, at the sight of the men in black.

That protracted debate incurred the displeasure of rating agencies already alarmed at the long-term consequences of high federal borrowing.

Regardless of the research, parents instinctively grow alarmed at the thought of their child getting less attention.

He was not deterred by the danger of my making mistakes, he was not alarmed at the prospect of my encountering sorrow.

The two younger girls, alarmed at this incursion of an Indian stranger had gone off to stay with a relative.

Nevertheless, an observer who had woken after sleeping for the past two years, would be alarmed at the numbers.

Petunia was breathless, alarmed at being caught . She struggled for something hurtful to say.

EU officials have grown alarmed at the prospect of state-controlled Chinese companies snapping up strategic European industries.

They have become alarmed at the rapid decline in the number of marriages in recent years, blaming the trend on Western superficiality.

Military analysts are alarmed at what they see as a growing threat to American maritime supremacy in the western Pacific.

Yet at the same time voters are growing alarmed at the tide of red ink, and it may be only a matter of time before markets do, too.

Aclose observer of the private equity industry must be alarmed at what is going on.

A. The sight of the policeman alarmed the thief. B. The thief was alarmed at the sight of the policeman.

Since then, the voters, alarmed at a surge in violent crime, have demanded fiercer sentences.

Elder leaders were alarmed at the apathy and indifference the youth showed towards communism.

Eg. She was alarmed at the prospect of traveling alone.

The messengers, alarmed at what they had found, reported to King John that these people were so mad as to be beyond punishment.

She was rather alarmed at the proposal.

In the meantime the loving sister was terribly alarmed at finding the stag's foot wounded and bleeding.

Everybody was alarmed at the news that war might break out.

e. g. Everybody was alarmed at the news that war might break out.

Small earthquakes are so common here that people don't feel very alarmed at them.

Both Democrats and Republicans are alarmed at Iran's apparent plan to build nuclear weapons.

Toad was quite alarmed at this very serious and portentous style of greeting.

they are alarmed at the growth of the liberation movement in the colonies.

Curators in other countries are alarmed at what they see as growing aggression.

Alarmed at their gradual disappearance via the acquisition process, they began calling for anti-trust action from the government.

The youngest was alarmed at this, but the eldest always made her be silent.

The Chinese government, after some debate, banned the sale of opium within China, alarmed at its popularity and addictiveness.

'I'm afraid I don't know one, ' said Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal.

But now New Komeito is alarmed at being tainted by the LDP's woes.

They are alarmed at the growth of the liberation arousement in the colonies.

Don't think that a little mental pollution doesn't matter much, that it's nothing to be alarmed at.

His brother was alarmed at the robbery.

Alarmed at this, they galloped full speed to the cave.

Everybody was alarmed at the news that a war might break out.

that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it].

Part of the answer is that the brain appears to be hardwired to be alarmed at, for example, alarms and other shrill noises.

But it appeared that the crafty animal had been alarmed at the violence of my previous anger,

be alarmed at(the news)