J nodded, but his mind was leaping ahead to a disturbing possibility.

The more disturbing possibilities remind me of this little bit from a short story I read:

The next step may well be to experiment with other mammals, a prospect that opens up some disturbing possibilities.

We should all be on guard against this disturbing possibility.

A disturbing possibility came to her, that he might suggest an abortion.

"You raised some disturbing possibilities with that last mysterious speech you made," I said.

But as the day wears on, and repeated calls go unanswered, other, more disturbing possibilities, will come to mind.

But if life started with all its models present, and constructed a later history from just a few survivors, then we face a disturbing possibility.

A more disturbing possibility is a revolt against the culture that gave rise to 27-year-old millionaires.

At the moment, we're operating on another, rather disturbing possibility.