alarm clock

Example Sentences

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I use a Hatch alarm clock because I love the gentle wake up of the light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The metal ring adds minimal weight when attached and allows the phone to stand in portrait or landscape modes—perfect for reading, watching videos, and propping up the phone as a bedside alarm clock.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Now that I’m back on Broadway, the alarm clock might move up to at least 7.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

"The alarm clock generation is now being replaced by an anxiety generation," Anderson told a press conference, adding that people should be going to work instead of "staying at home all day".

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Sometimes he yelled it so often that I would dream it; it woke me like an alarm clock, requiring more of me than I could provide.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth