fire alarm
Example Sentences
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“You want to get somebody’s attention really quick? Make the fire alarm go off in your spacecraft when you’re still about 80,000 miles from home,” Wiseman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
The fire alarm had come from the vault, Herbert Reul revealed.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Just after 06:00 on 27 December, the fire brigade in Gelsenkirchen and a private security firm received a fire alarm warning from the bank, which may have been triggered by the thieves.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
“You can tell me. Did they pull a fire alarm? Start a food fight? Tie up the teacher?”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
