siren
Example Sentences
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During the simulation, an air-raid siren sounded and everyone sought cover beneath the tables.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
"Some don't leave the shelters, don't leave their homes, because of the situation, because sometimes we have interceptions even before there is a siren and it's scary," Ohana explained.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
The sound caused another person nearby to think ICE was actually in the area, so they activated their siren too.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
“The ruling mutes the noisiest channel of tariff risk, but it does not end the story. It removes the air-raid siren, not the arsenal.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 22, 2026
Sheila's constant wail is alarming, like a siren screaming through town toward an unknown disaster.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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"The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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