alerted
Example Sentences
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Another factor was the lack of a transponder on the fire engine, which would have automatically alerted air traffic controllers that the aircraft and the truck were on a collision course, according to investigators.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
On Saturday, visitors alerted staff after spotting 10 Nile crocodiles hatching without any human intervention.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
A garlicky smell once alerted him to the presence of arsenic in sugar, while the spill of a concentrated solution cut through clothing “like the blow of a scimitar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Staff at a mountain hut found the child near the sixth station of a hiking route towards the summit and alerted police.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“You almost got us all killed, and you probably alerted every monstruo in Ravenskill.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
