burglar alarm
Example Sentences
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His mother “worked as a receptionist at a burglar alarm company—one of the few growth industries in the neighborhood” during the early 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He’s jury-rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it makes a clattering sound loud enough for the neighbor’s Ring camera to pick up, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025
The first possible sign of Cavalcante that alerted searchers shortly after midnight Tuesday was a burglar alarm.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
In early press material for the Spice Girls, Posh Spice is referred to as Victoria Adams Wood - a reference to her first fiancé, a burglar alarm fitter named Mark Wood.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
The burglar alarm, the new silent burglar alarm installed at Epsteins' the other night.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
