Soon, Heidi becomes terribly homesick and grows alarmingly pale and thin. Soon Heidi is terribly homesick, and grows alarmingly pale. However, audience shares continued to dwindle, and had reached alarmingly low levels by the mid-1960s. Further tests undertaken by Rope had shown that its strength had deteriorated alarmingly. The hospital and the city hall sit alarmingly close to deteriorating cliffs. The club's fortunes dipped alarmingly, and persistently. However, the attrition was alarmingly high. The danger to the continued independence of the Balkan Christian states grew alarmingly apparent. Drug trafficking increased alarmingly; nowhere were the highways safe. Fish stock levels in the Mediterranean Sea are alarmingly low. As of early 2019, the birth rate of South Korea reached an alarmingly low number. Blizzard reported that an "alarmingly high" proportion of all gold bought originates from "hacked" accounts. The United States found that its ability to influence Tshombe's decision-making was alarmingly low. Tensions between the Kikuyu and the settlers increased alarmingly. River levels were alarmingly high, but the banks contained the water.