Sentence examples for alarming character from inspiring English sources

Mr. P., as she referred to him, was a rather alarming character, whom Christie caught making a potentially fatal mistake while formulating suppositories, and who carried a lump of curare in his pocket at all times, because, he said, "it makes me feel powerful".

Here, however, McInerney's focus has shifted from Galway to Cork – a city that, as she sees it, is in a "tailspin" of recession, and populated by a host of vivid and alarming characters as they attempt to maintain a grip on their hectic lives.

Despite its full supply of either alarmed or alarming human characters, "So Cold the River" has only one real star: the wet one.

I believe this is an alarming weakness of character that alone makes Gene unsuitable for the office of bishop".

And while representation is getting better in some respects 6.4percentt of regular series characters expected to appear on primetime scripted TV in the coming year are queer, the highest number since the report began the report also shed light on a more alarming finding: these characters are overwhelmingly white men.

Terrified of call-up in the second, he managed to get exemption and stayed at home grumbling that his servants were selfish to want holidays: probably, says Mr Ziegler, this is a joke, but "it is an alarming commentary on his character that one cannot be entirely sure".His lover was the even less appealing David Horner, who reinforced Sitwell's baser instincts and eventually betrayed him.

It's as if they've switched from a Groundhog Day pattern of contented repetition to the alarming uncertainty of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Especially alarming is that the main character Anastasia Steele is a virgin.

One upside of losing main characters at an alarming clip is we no longer have to use taupe or mauve.

I would think one of the biggest challenges you face, besides losing main characters at an alarming clip, is juggling all those story lines and giving everyone enough screen time.

In fact, it's alarming to see DeVito portray a character so utterly devoid of spirit.