bells

Example Sentences

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Taken together, the defeat and the injury set off alarm bells for the franchise that had won the 2024 championship.

From The Wall Street Journal

The disapproving way she’s looking at me sets off alarm bells.

From Literature

Now was no time to sound any alarm bells, she assured, with hopes that they stick together from here.

From Los Angeles Times

“We were a little worried to move to California, what with all the wildfires you’ve been having,” Akira heard Sue’s dad say, and alarm bells went off in her head.

From Literature

Hours after the final protocol was published last Thursday, setting “alarm bells ringing in the global health community,” in the words of one London medical professor, the administration blinked.

From Salon