fire alarm

Example Sentences

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Sound-designed by David Gertsman, “undertone” is so quiet that a tea kettle sounds like a fire alarm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Several residents have said they did not hear a fire alarm when the blaze broke out.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

All staff left the building beside the River Clyde when a fire alarm sounded at about 06:30.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

His wife, who was at home, got word of the situation and made it out—even though, he said, the fire alarm never sounded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

From time to time when they cook they set off the fire alarm, which is overly sensitive, and they bang it into silence with the handle of a broom.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri