siren

Example Sentences

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"Some don't leave the shelters, don't leave their homes, because of the situation, because sometimes we have interceptions even before there is a siren and it's scary," Ohana explained.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Gravitational waves can also be used to estimate distances through what is known as the standard siren method.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 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

The adaptation retained the 18th-century setting and the central plot: The teenage siren Manon, on her way to a convent, runs off with a smitten young aristocrat, the Chevalier Des Grieux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

She was giving Baby an evening bath when the siren alarm sounded again and she grabbed Baby naked and ran from the outhouse.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie