alarm
Example Sentences
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Public interest groups and some historians responded to the OLC memo with alarm.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
“You want to get somebody’s attention really quick? Make the fire alarm go off in your spacecraft when you’re still about 80,000 miles from home,” Wiseman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Her partner managed to paddle to shore to raise the alarm but Mandy found herself drifting "further and further out".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
That should alarm Arab leaders, who have learned the hard way that the price of bread is closely tied to the price of stability.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
His eyes were wide with alarm, as he sat up in the hay, and raised his hands in the air.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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