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

Moreover, fears of a shortage of helium have also raised alarm in the semiconductor industry.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sounded the alarm on the high stakes of the Iran conflict last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"Instead, his manner throughout the evaluation, back then, as well as earlier in the year, was almost like we were having lunch at his country club. There was no sense of alarm or distress."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Never in the history of Sir Fig Newton had he ever—and I mean never, ever—slept past his usual 5:40-ish head bump breakfast alarm.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas