alarm
Example Sentences
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My first alarm clock came from my extravagant godmother—childless and incapable of giving presents she wouldn’t use herself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But it does feel like Justice Jackson is out there at the top of the mountain ringing a very loud alarm bell to say: This is the play.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Cinematographer Meteor Cheung doesn’t need to do much more than park his camera on a tripod and pan it side to side, occasionally looking down in alarm like a librarian peering over her glasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
As a natural lark, not an owl, I have seldom needed an alarm clock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
I can’t go back there, now that I know there’s an alarm.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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