alarm
Example Sentences
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“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
To his alarm, police lights soon flashed through his bedroom window.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
"The last 02:30 alarm call, my last briefing with the duty forecaster, the last time I hear 'time gone Carol' in my earpiece," she noted.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Moreover, fears of a shortage of helium have also raised alarm in the semiconductor industry.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
“Oh, God, Fern, it’s just you. The silent alarm went off, and I— What are you doing in here?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
