emergency alarm

Example Sentences

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The bus driver activated his emergency alarm just before 14:27 and the defendants fled when the vehicle stopped at Woolwich Ferry.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Families streamed out the one side door not rigged with an emergency alarm, juggling suitcases, boxes, and strollers.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025

A Maui official with no previous career experience in disaster management defended his agency’s decision not to sound an emergency alarm system.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Then in 2019, a tour guide at the University of Pittsburgh pointed out a blue light emergency alarm system for students to summon security.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2022

The emergency alarm went off, and I remember saying to myself, “That’s the end of us.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela