1872, John Hay, et al., Not Pretty, But Precious:
Now I thought I had said something calculated to make Bessie turn pale and gasp, but I could scarcely believe it when I looked up, expecting to find her almost fainting, and saw her pensively, but by no means alarmedly, shaking her head. "
1922, Louis John Stellman, Port O' Gold:
The Law and Order Party was being organized out of various elements that viewed alarmedly the Vigilantes' growing power.