smoke alarm
Example Sentences
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In a fire, any person expects to hear the piercing blare of a smoke alarm, yet not a single detector sounded that night.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"If you have a working smoke alarm and a fire was to occur, it can provide those vital extra seconds needed for you to get out of your home safely."
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Mr Gibson said he and Ms Fulton, 31, were woken shortly before 02:00 to the sound of their smoke alarm.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
And whatever happened, he said, something about the smoke alarm “flipped this switch” in Moose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Bills, instruction manuals for the fridge and the smoke alarm, stuff like that.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
