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

But that's just what Molly Clifford, and her father Andrew did, for two months - much to the alarm of their friends.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

TOKYO—For years, defense planners in Japan have watched China’s rise with alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Whoever had caught my message over the phone must have spread the alarm.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom