I also took a quick plunge in the dismal Byron's Pool at Grantchester, trying to disregard the alarming notices that forbid bathing and warn of dangerous currents.
But it is alarming to notice that even though more people know about this now, it seems to be just as acceptable as always.
He began collecting cancer data after he noticed an alarming number of death notices in his home town, Nola, north-east of Naples.
Also last fall, Gui began to notice alarming signs of neurological deterioration — perhaps a result of maltreatment in captivity; perhaps, as a Ningbo doctor believed, early signs of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
In early 2007, banks in the United States began to notice an alarming rise in default rates among subprime-mortgage borrowers, setting off tremors in the vast mortgage-backed securities market.
It is understandable that amateurs would fail to notice the alarming divergence between the fundamental value of American businesses on the one hand, and the prices assigned to the pieces of paper conferring ownership of those businesses on the other.
But at the University of Chicago Hospitals, pediatricians recently notice an alarming number of children admitted to the hospital with MRSA infections who didn't appear to have been at risk for contracting the bug.
"Please alert us if you notice any alarming behavior," a flight attendant advised me.
You, too, will notice an alarming rate of frowns, or lack of any expression on the people you encounter.
The climate outlook is alarming, and if you notice yourself experiencing any resignation, cynicism or hopelessness about it, you're in good company.
