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'alarm' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'alarm' with 14 example sentences.


alarm noun

: fear resulting from the awareness of danger

: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

alarm verb

: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

: warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness


  • The false alarm was caused by human error.
  • As soon as the alarm rings I need to get up.
  • Do you have an alarm clock in your room?
  • Don't cross the tracks when the alarm is ringing.
  • He never travels without taking an alarm clock with him.
  • The news caused alarm throughout the village.
  • I didn't want to alarm the students.
  • There's no cause for alarm.
  • All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.
  • The smoke alarm has never been maintained.
  • I am alarmed by your irresponsible attitude.
  • This alarm clock gains one minute a day.
  • The birds flew away in alarm when they saw the cat.
  • The thief ran away when the alarm rang.
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