alarm clock

Example Sentences

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I’m willing to negotiate a trade right now: Give us decent bedside charging, and I will gratefully relinquish every last hotel alarm clock on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

Her alarm clock makes getting up early "not feel quite as sad and miserable", Zoe says.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

I glance at the little digital alarm clock set on the nightstand between our beds; it’s two in the morning.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy