1.   Alarming numbers of Fen-Phen users, they found, were turning up with damaged heart valves.

2.   Our prison system is being put under the microscope after an alarming number of suicides.

3.   The rain had stopped but the mosquitoes were out in alarming numbers and there was no jeep to ride in.

4.   The young girls she treats in alarming numbers are the victims of broken homes and parental neglect.

5.   There are no easy answers to the alarming number of mass killings taking place in our cities.

6.   There is, however, an issue over the alarming number of corked wines being experienced in the Market.

7.   Despite such alarming numbers, the federal and state governments have been slow in implementing programs to stop the spread of AIDS.

8.   An alarming number of participants on Wednesday were not wearing helmets.

9.   An alarming number of playoff games are decided on spur-of-the-moment battlefield decisions.

10.   An alarming number of children wandered away from their parents, resulting in frantic pleas from the organizers.