siren

Example Sentences

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"Some don't leave the shelters, don't leave their homes, because of the situation, because sometimes we have interceptions even before there is a siren and it's scary," Ohana explained.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

When they combined the stochastic siren method with existing measurements from individual black hole mergers, they achieved a more precise estimate of the Hubble constant.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

Keith Richards’s first sonic memory was a siren.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

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 • Feb. 25, 2026

Somewhere a police siren wails thinly, up and down, up and down, regular tempo, crisis under control, just like Gerhard.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti