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How to use the word alarm-bell in a Sentence?

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We have been ringing the alarm bell again and again about this -- it's a hard-learned lesson not only for Hong Kong, but also for China.

Jin Dongyan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This cauldron of extremism and disinformation is being propelled by social media, it's created a lot of kinetic energy that is now a part of more mainstream politics. This is both an early warning system as well as an alarm bell for fires that are already going off. Acceptance of results is not going to be tolerated anymore, unless they align with what this sector wants.

Angelo Carusone

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It just happened almost overnight just in the last month. And so, it’s not a failure, but an alarm bell went off. I don’t think anybody anticipated that this was going to be as rapidly spreading as it did.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action, we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's more than an alarm bell, it's an air raid siren.

John Veron

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The sheer volume of searches shows how much interest there is, but it's also an alarm bell, there is a lack of information or general awareness.

Carl Sciortino

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The terrorist attack in Paris by militant Islamists is a loud clanging alarm bell to Congress and the American people warning us why we must block Obama’s reckless and foolish plan to allow tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S..

Republican Representative Bruce Babin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

No one should ring the alarm bell that these protests will cause civil war, they (leaders) have made the institutions dysfunctional under the pretext of preserving stability but collecting garbage, providing water, electricity must not be neglected.

Gibran Araiji

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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