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

Liverpool City Council said it had visited the building "informally" in February 2023 "to check room sizes for intended occupancy" and whether the fire alarm system was suitable.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

But that's when the sound of a fire alarm cut through her morning.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

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

One of those watching all of this from a distance was William Brown, the fire alarm operator at the Courthouse who had stubbornly refused to correct Schaffer’s original signal to Box 342.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy