were alarming

Past progressiveconjugation ofalarm.There are other translations for this conjugation.

alarm

Dennis Blair thought that the reports were alarming and believable enough so that the President should be informed.	Dennis Blair pensaba que los informes eran lo suficientemente alarmantes y creíbles como para que el Presidente fuese informado.
I clarify that I do not mean absolute numbers, where the Uruguay has not beaten anyone, whereas in terms of percentages were alarming situations.	Aclaro que no me refiero a números absolutos, donde al Uruguay no le gana a nadie; en cambio, en materia de porcentajes se dieron situaciones alarmantes.
There too, the figures were alarming: from a $5.5 million budget in 1998, the budget had declined to about $2.5 million in 2001; and UNHCR had not managed to spend even the curtailed budgets in full.	Las cifras son inquietantes también en este ámbito: de 5,5 millones de dólares en 1998, el presupuesto pasó a cerca de 2,5 millones de dólares en 2001, y el ACNUR ni siquiera ha gastado este presupuesto reducido.
The results of the O'Donohue report were alarming.	Los resultados del informe O'Donohue eran alarmantes.
In 2016, the educational figures were alarming.	En 2016, las cifras en materia educativa fueron alarmantes.
Trafficking in women and prostitution were alarming.	La trata de mujeres y la prostitución alcanzan niveles alarmantes.
Some of the proposals that have been put forward in the legislation were alarming.	Algunas de las propuestas incluidas en la legislación eran alarmantes.
The cases involving women and unaccompanied minors were alarming.	Es alarmante el número de casos relacionados con mujeres y menores no acompañados.
Their findings were alarming, prompting calls for educational reform.	Los resultados alarmantes condujeron a reclamar una reforma educativa.
The results were alarming.	Los resultados fueron alarmantes.
The findings were alarming.	Las conclusiones fueron alarmantes.
Those figures were alarming, but worse still was the lack of data on prosecutions.	Estas cifras son alarmantes, pero todavía peor es la carencia de datos sobre las acciones judiciales emprendidas.
The omens were alarming.	Los presagios eran muy preocupantes.
There were alarming reports of witnesses being harassed by perpetrators who now wear Stateuniforms.	Había informes alarmantes de que los testigos eran acosados por delincuentes que ahora visten uniformes del Estado.
It is hardly surprising that the poor countries are complaining and demanding more of us now, for the experiences in Rio were alarming.	No nos extraña que ahora los países pobres se quejen y nos hagan más exigencias: las experiencias de Río les atemorizan.
The figures contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction were alarming.	Las cifras contenidas en el informe del Secretario General sobre la aplicación de la Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales son alarmantes.
Ms. Appel (Denmark), referring to an earlier remark by Ms. Livingstone Raday, agreed that the figures on eating disorders among young people were alarming.	Appel (Dinamarca), al referirse a una observación de la Sra. Livingstone Raday, concuerda en que la incidencia de trastornos alimenticios entre las jóvenes es preocupante.
All three big events were alarming, and on a bipartisan basis: each was damaging to US national interests, and each was avoidable.	Los tres grandes acontecimientos fueron causa de alarma, y para ambos partidos: cada uno de ellos perjudicaba los intereses nacionales de EE.UU. y cada uno era evitable.
Although 54 child soldiers had been handed over to UNICEF in 2000, the numbers of children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) were alarming.	Aunque en 2000 se entregaron al Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF) 54 niños soldados, el número de niños secuestrados por el LRA es alarmante.
The mortality statistics for women and children in Guinea were alarming and seemed to reflect an inequality of services or, at least, disparities in the services used.	Las estadísticas de mortalidad de mujeres y niños en Guinea son alarmantes y parecen reflejar la desigualdad en los servicios o, por lo menos, las disparidades en los servicios utilizados.