alarm bell
Example Sentences
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He strategically delayed his alarm bell until his Bharatiya Janata Party won a landmark election in West Bengal state, India’s fourth-most populous.
From Barron's • May 21, 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
Her husband telling your daughter to give up her job is an alarm bell.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
I’ve been guilty of this as well: not ringing the alarm bell with sufficient urgency.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025
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
