bells
Example Sentences
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“We were a little worried to move to California, what with all the wildfires you’ve been having,” Akira heard Sue’s dad say, and alarm bells went off in her head.
From Literature
Hours after the final protocol was published last Thursday, setting “alarm bells ringing in the global health community,” in the words of one London medical professor, the administration blinked.
From Salon
Alarm bells went off among suppliers and creditors when Saks Global scrambled to raise cash to meet a June debt payment.
Lee's rise to become president of South Korea had previously sounded alarm bells in Tokyo and Washington.
From BBC
On Friday, just down the road from the bar where 40 young people were killed by fire on New Year's Eve, church bells rang in their memory.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
