fire alarm
Example Sentences
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“You want to get somebody’s attention really quick? Make the fire alarm go off in your spacecraft when you’re still about 80,000 miles from home,” Wiseman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Sound-designed by David Gertsman, “undertone” is so quiet that a tea kettle sounds like a fire alarm.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
He also claimed one of the victims "pulled the fire alarm to get help", praising the boy as "a hero".
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
The hole into the underground vault room was discovered when a fire alarm went off in the early hours of Monday, and police and the fire brigade searched the building.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
We’d just passed the fire alarm on the corner of Frances and Fleming Streets when a towheaded kid in overalls, with no shirt on underneath, waved to us from the front step of his house.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
