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

The fire alarm was set off more than once, disrupting the talk, until security staff advised they move to a higher floor.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

All staff left the building beside the River Clyde when a fire alarm sounded at about 06:30.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 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