alarm

Example Sentences

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There are plenty of false alarms, carbon footprints and all, and the future is unknowable, but watch for symptoms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ophthalmologists are raising alarms about an epidemic of childhood myopia.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That is a trend that is alarming,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Vasilis Vathrakogiannis, a spokesperson for the Hellenic Fire Service, told the BBC the alarm was raised by a friend of the three men after they failed to return at the expected time.

From BBC

He’s jury-rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it makes a clattering sound loud enough for the neighbor’s Ring camera to pick up, he said.

From Los Angeles Times