But the murder had provoked alarm in the local people who demanded a quick resolution and the police indicted Dolores.

Besides, a sudden appearance downtown might have provoked alarm and a quick reaction by the enemy.

The intensifying conflict has provoked alarm in the West that many civilian lives will be lost.

In Washington, the threat provokes less alarm than mirth.

Rather, the words "genetic" and "engineer" seem to provoke alarm among millions of consumers.

The events provoked alarm among some rights advocates and international observers.

That is far more than the $100 billion of fresh cash the government must raise each year to cover the deficit, which already provokes alarm.

Across the state, the animals' increasingly common visits to inhabited areas are provoking alarm.

In most nations such a statement might provoke alarm.

But the reinterpretation fuss had already provoked alarm at home and abroad.