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 theft was not discovered until 29 December when another fire alarm went off at 03:58 on the Monday – and firefighters returned to the bank to find a scene of chaos.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The hole into the underground vault room was discovered when a fire alarm went off in the early hours of Monday, and police and the fire brigade searched the building.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

From time to time when they cook they set off the fire alarm, which is overly sensitive, and they bang it into silence with the handle of a broom.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri