alarm bell
Example Sentences
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Her husband telling her to give up her job is an alarm bell.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
"Niscemi is another alarm bell... we must respond by changing our habits" and "choosing not to build in certain ways and in certain places".
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
I’ve been guilty of this as well: not ringing the alarm bell with sufficient urgency.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025
"ADO is like an alarm bell that rings the moment oxygen starts to fall," Matthews says.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
Finally an alarm bell went off in my brain and I threw up both arms, shouting, “Don’t shoot! We give up!”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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