Sentence examples for alarming proportion from inspiring English sources

So, too, are an alarming proportion of the victims of police misconduct.

We found that an alarming proportion of papers had some kind of sampling problems (48.39% serious and 19.35% moderate).

"The proportion of juvenile murders that involved guns has increased in this county to an alarming proportion.

An alarming proportion of those executed were carried out for non-violent crimes, including drug offences and attendance at political protests.

Obviously, if I were a Christian, I wouldn't believe in God in the way that an alarming proportion of Americans believe in alien abduction.

Some 68 million people in Arab countries are illiterate, an "alarming proportion" that threatens development, an Arab League cultural official said.

But in poor countries, this spread widens to alarming proportions.

Over time, the program has grown to alarming proportions.

The Ruthian waistline began to assume alarming proportions.

"Xenophobic violence has reached alarming proportions in Greece, particularly in the capital city of Athens.

This mania has reached alarming proportions in New York City, where Democrats are the offenders.