false alarm
Example Sentences
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Chronic pain, however, continues even after the injury has healed, creating a kind of false alarm that can last for weeks, months, or years.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
On the bright side, he said, “there’s no problem of having a false alarm or being wrong,” because the predictions won’t affect people on land.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
What’s a red flag, what’s a false alarm and what’s already a five alarm fire.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2025
If there is no indication of a false alarm or if a second detector sends a warning, fire alarms are then normally activated throughout the building.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
He couldn't make the Theorem work, and he realized that his Eureka moment had been a false alarm.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
