fire alarm
Example Sentences
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The couple, from London, told the BBC that they were in their room on the sixth floor when they heard a fire alarm.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Araceli Berzanes, a worker at the facility, said in an interview that she and her co-worker were assembling sandwiches in the facility’s cold storage room when the fire alarm went off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
While stressing that officials needed to make a comprehensive assessment, he said he saw "no emergency exit signage, emergency lighting systems or fire alarm devices".
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The intervention, echoed by White House officials, was the equivalent of a fire alarm across Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
But his cries were lost in the piercing screech of the fire alarm, and he knew it was useless.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
