ALARM in a Sentence
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259 example sentences for ALARM, such as:
1. Please turn off the alarm clock.
2. The slightest touch will set off the alarm.
3. He stepped forward and she backed away in alarm.
4. There is growing public alarm at this increase in crime.
5. He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.
2. The slightest touch will set off the alarm.
3. He stepped forward and she backed away in alarm.
4. There is growing public alarm at this increase in crime.
5. He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.
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Meanings and Examples of ALARM
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alarm
v. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
n. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The young man who had first given the alarm was leading them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 "She shall not be buried in that," he cried with a fierce snarl, and before an alarm could be raised sprang down the stairs and was gone.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3 For a moment there was great alarm; it was feared that the men might have harmed her in some way, or even carried her off with them.
4 But the temptation of a discovery so singular and profound, at last overcame the suggestions of alarm.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5 No alarm takes place, till this chap, Bitzer, turns out this morning, and begins to open and prepare the offices for business.
6 And be careful how you look on Rowena, whom he cherishes with the most jealous care; an he take the least alarm in that quarter we are but lost men.
7 "This may be a false alarm, or a forged letter," said De Bracy.
8 If he belong to that party, he must already have given them the alarm, and it will avail nothing either to fight or fly.
9 For three men to attempt them at this moment, were little else than madness; for they are good men of war, and have, as such, placed sentinels to give the alarm when any one approaches.
10 Upon hearing the sound of feet approaching, the watch instantly gave the alarm, and the sleepers as suddenly started up and bent their bows.
11 This explanation was accordingly returned by these men to Front-de-Boeuf, when he questioned them why they did not make for the battlements upon the alarm.
12 The Rabbi now dismounted in great alarm, and hastily applied the remedies which his art suggested for the recovery of his companion.
13 And with brilliant eyes they watched Connie, as she crouched before them, and they gave short sharp clucks of anger and alarm, but chiefly of female anger at being approached.
14 "Nay," said Edmund, who began to listen with alarm.
15 Her agitation and alarm exceeded all that was endured by the rest, by the right of a disposition which not even innocence could keep from suffering.
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 The slightest touch will set off the alarm.
2 Please turn off the alarm clock.
3 The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be thief.
4 Johann was the bank robbers' secret weapon - he knew the secrets of the alarm system.
5 As the fox came into the yard, the chickens began squawking in alarm.
6 He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.
7 I didn't tell her that he was late because I didn't want to cause her any alarm.
8 Fire fighters responded to a false alarm at one of the college dormitories.
9 The noise would have provoked alarm and neighbourly concern.
10 There is growing public alarm at this increase in crime.
11 Three fire engines rushed to the school only to discover it was a false alarm.
12 Fitting a burglar alarm is the most effective way to increase home security.
13 He stepped forward and she backed away in alarm.
14 We were in the middle of an exam when the fire alarm went off.
15 In my San Francisco neighborhood, some one has a car alarm.