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
Palestinians also took playful aim at a Facebook post by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion detailing the proper conduct when an air raid siren sounds.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 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
Brothers Stephen and Raymond said their "childhood hero growing up was our father and our brothers" - the men who ran out the door whenever the siren sounded.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
It began not with an absence of noise or a deafening crush of earth, but with the gurgle of water and the alarm of a siren.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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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