alarum

Example Sentences

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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

The alarum of his mind awoke Bevis about the time he wished.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

So does the toll of the funeral bell become an alarum to rouse us to more active effort and to the nobler service of mankind.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix