alarm
Example Sentences
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A team of researchers led by the University of Oxford has developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help reverse the alarming decline of honeybees.
From Science Daily
Not long ago, a re-armament programme on this scale would have alarmed Germany's neighbours, stirring the ghosts of Europe's dark past.
From BBC
Law enforcement sources told the outlet that security cameras at Richie’s home picked up images of the suspect, who entered the home but was spooked by an alarm.
From Los Angeles Times
The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.
If that doesn’t alarm you, the authors add some perspective:
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
