alarum
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When four days passed without sign of the boat Mrs. Minevitch set up an alarum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus was the alarum sounded for more spit, less polish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disturbed by the man’s alarum, we looked up from our labor and found a detachment of Redcoats running in formation for the gates.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
In one hand, at arm's length, he held an alarum clock, the ticking of which had made Hook believe that the crocodile was upon him.
From The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie by Daniel Stephen O'Connor
It rung in the ears of the dejected monarch, like an alarum.
From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by V. V. Vide
Vocabulary lists containing alarum
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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