bells

Example Sentences

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Bond yields rose this month to levels that are setting off alarm bells across financial markets.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

There was nothing that set off alarm bells.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Alice is in Washington, though, when electronic alerts sound simultaneously in every major country on earth: “gongs, sirens, bells, phones.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

JW: A lot of the money we were raising was going straight into restoration, a stained-glass window here, the bells in the bell tower there, a broken monument restored.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“I don’t want you to wear bells, Comfort. I just want you to come.”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles