His manner was no longer that of the intimate and advising friend, with a slight, though unalarming, tinge of a warmer feeling, doubtful whether that of a parent or a lover, it might have been interpreted either way, as it had been towards Donna Theresa.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
With her opened parasol and delicate dress of white and black she had the most unalarming and casual air.
"The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece"
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
But all this was usual and unalarming, merely the ordinary routine of the jungle at night.
"The Passing of Ku Sui"
Anthony Gilmore