The banks' marketing campaigns range from subtle to alarming.
Youngs is the more rounded performer, but he is prone to alarming lapses in productivity.
Over the years this figurehead has swollen to alarming proportions - a dumpy Buddha, encrusted with stationery.
Pike can also grow to alarming size - the British record presently stands at a mighty 46lbs 13oz.
If hunger declines at the same rate as it has since 1992, more than 45 countries will still have "moderate" to "alarming" levels in 2030.
Will they notice as they make the switch from boys to men that they've also transitioned from adored to alarming?
Although this is not necessarily secondary to alarming mechanisms.
My moods sank to alarming depths.
Surging imports of gold pushed up the current-account deficit to alarming levels.
The agents also found e-mail messages in which Dr. Ivins confessed to alarming psychiatric problems.
But when one is headed to more dangerous places, those concerns can go from annoying to alarming.
