fire bell
Example Sentences
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The volunteers “were butchers, bakers, candlestick makers who then fought fire when the fire bell rang,” Mr. Winkle says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Firefighters there are often rushing out before the fire bell sounds, attuned to listen for a faint click that happens a split-second before the emergency lights switch on.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
“This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror,” the aging Jefferson admitted.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The firefighter from Pontypandy heard his fire bell chime for the first time on November 17, 1987 on Welsh TV channel S4C.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2017
It was almost louder than the fire bell.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
