siren
Example Sentences
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Their engine was northbound on State Street with its emergency lights and siren activated, the California Highway Patrol said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
I see how they seem electrified by every image of smoke rising over an emirate and every siren sounding on an American base.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
But "we mustn't give in to this siren song," warned Bernard Jullien, an automotive industry specialist at the University of Bordeaux.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
He opened the side door and I got in, and he said he was going to drive me home to thank me, and he put the siren on, and off we went.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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