danger signal

Example Sentences

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Hopefully, future generations will look back on the Dengue outbreak in Puerto Rico as the catalyst for an enduringly significant societal accomplishment, not a danger signal we missed or dismissed.

From Salon • May 23, 2024

Sabotaging your financial future is another danger signal.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

What can historians do about a danger signal as strong as the 1776 Report?

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2021

The report attributes the collision to failure to maneuver the ship away from the approaching freighter, failure to sound the danger signal and failure to try to contact the Crystal.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2017

The sun was setting when the boy’s heart sounded a danger signal.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho