alarm system

Example Sentences

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By organizing the destruction of these hybrids, MYC effectively shuts down this alarm system before it can activate immune defenses.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

The officer who helped find Trent drove him home and suggested to his mother that she try an alarm system, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Mysterious things keep happening — music suddenly blasts, doors slam, the lights go out and the alarm system roars in the middle of the night.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Previously, when Sterling lived in Cheshire his home was also targeted by thieves in 2018, who fled when the alarm system was activated.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

“I think so, but it’s the alarm system the cables are attached to that’s complicated. I doubt I could do it without triggering Black Protocol.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo