siren

Example Sentences

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Blasts were heard over Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded, with sirens also heard in Bahrain, home to a US fleet, and in the Jordanian capital Amman.

From Barron's

Brothers Stephen and Raymond said their "childhood hero growing up was our father and our brothers" - the men who ran out the door whenever the siren sounded.

From BBC

Wylie does, recalling "the wail of sirens and then the release wail of the all clear and the smell of gas".

From BBC

Images shared online showed travellers evacuating South Africa's second-busiest airport with suitcases as smoke filled the terminal and sirens rang to alert passengers of an emergency evacuation.

From Barron's

“The ruling mutes the noisiest channel of tariff risk, but it does not end the story. It removes the air-raid siren, not the arsenal.”

From MarketWatch