The phrase "alarms someone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation or event that causes someone to feel fear, concern, or anxiety.
Example: "The sudden drop in temperature alarms someone who is not prepared for the cold weather."
Alternatives: "concerns someone" or "worries someone".
I was on the phone and someone came over and said hey this is not a fire alarm, someone has been shot in the building," the man said.
The statute, in part, says that people are guilty of aggravated harassment when they act "with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm" someone else by communicating "anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, by telegraph, or by mail, or by transmitting or delivering any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm".
While a little (mostly NSFW) Googling does confirm that pole dancing is in fact a form of "exercise," the spate of stripper dance inspired deals on deals sites like Groupon and Living Social have finally alarmed someone other than us.
The premiere finds them alarmed that someone has been torching fast-food joints, most of their alarm stemming from their hunger.
After xenon lights were stolen from 12 Audis last summer, New Country Motor Cars of Greenwich installed an alarm system that uses an infrared beam that sets off an alarm when someone enters the lot.
So when there was an image of an alarm clock, someone cued up a ticking noise.
"It's a little alarming that someone knows your family that well, and then it was a little comforting that we had that in common".
One student from Kent commented: "Once I was so alarmed when someone bumped into me that I panicked and squeaked 'Thank you!' by mistake".
The thought of such life-changing limits for a child are alarming for someone like me who spent copious amounts of time playing outside.
"That's not the way most people get alarmed, by someone saying there's been this many cases or not," he said.
