fire alarm
Example Sentences
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Araceli Berzanes, a worker at the facility, said in an interview that she and her co-worker were assembling sandwiches in the facility’s cold storage room when the fire alarm went off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
While stressing that officials needed to make a comprehensive assessment, he said he saw "no emergency exit signage, emergency lighting systems or fire alarm devices".
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“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
Folks who lived near the fire alarm boxes had keys to set off the alarm.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
