alarm clock
Example Sentences
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“And he said, ‘Waking up, not to an alarm clock, and not having to go in and cook bacon and just being able to have a cup of coffee at home and cook for myself.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
His alarm clock, a big and bulky machine that’s Bluetooth-connected to the house’s fire alarm, rattles his room until he finally shuts it off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
On my 9th birthday, she gave me a travel alarm clock, something I didn’t even know existed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But the wind-up alarm clock won’t disappear entirely, says Bill Stoddard, who repairs and sells clocks at his shop in Flora, Ind. After all, he points out, “the Amish people buy clocks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ivy watched the lime-green alarm clock on June’s bedside table tick over to 9:33.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
