alarm bell

Example Sentences

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There’s an alarm bell going off in the consumer credit business, but it isn’t necessarily the one you think.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Though this hasn’t yet reached the scale of a pandemic, it’s essentially an alarm bell for any country that values human life.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

An alarm bell has been rung by one of Wall Street’s most prominent strategists.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

"Niscemi is another alarm bell... we must respond by changing our habits" and "choosing not to build in certain ways and in certain places".

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

It was no longer a small alarm bell that was ring­ing in my head—they were big bells now, like the ones we heard from Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, not far from the zoo.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel