bells

Example Sentences

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The pair smuggled a harmonica and a set of small bells during the Gemini 6A mission.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“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 the alarm bells are ringing within OpenAI’s offices too, which have been locked in “code red” mode since December.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The escalating rhetoric set off alarm bells across the Middle East, with oil-exporting Gulf countries saying that Iranian reprisals could further endanger the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

One bell sounds the first half hour after the watch begins; two bells mark the next half hour, and so on until...Yes,

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham