Synonym: agitate, arouse, call, disturb, frighten, jar, jolt, shock, signal, startle, summons, unnerve, warning. Similar words: alarmed, salary, on a large scale, a large number of, farm, arm, harm, warm. Meaning: [ə'lɑːm] n. 1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger 2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event 3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger 4. a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time. v. 1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised 2. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
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91. He ripped away a wire that led to the alarm button.
92. He is afraid of waking up late, so he always has an alarm on his bedside table.
93. To her parents' alarm, she announced that she intended to travel the world.
94. She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off.
95. They slept till the alarm bleeper woke them at four.
96. I've set the alarm clock to go off at 7 am.
97. When I saw the smoke, I tried to sound the alarm.
98. We lit out of the library when the fire alarm sounded.
99. Lizzie was carrying a rape alarm but it was out of reach in her handbag.
100. If the fire - alarm goes, staff should assemble outside the building.
101. You should check that the smoke alarm is working properly.
102. The thieves must have deliberately triggered the alarm and hidden inside the house.
103. I've learned my lesson; I've now got a burglar alarm and a guard dog.
104. There was alarm in the markets when the dollar took a nosedive.
105. The intruder smashed a window to get in and then neutralized the alarm system.
106. It would only be a matter of minutes before the alarm was raised and the guard called out.
107. Alice leapt to one side with a cry of alarm.
108. The government's proposal has set alarm bells ringing for people on low incomes.
109. The latest model features alloy wheels and an electronic alarm.
110. He sprang out of bed when the alarm went off.
111. He turned off the alarm and sprang out of bed.
112. A local doctor was the first to raise the alarm about this latest virus.
113. Three fire engines rushed to the school only to discover it was a false alarm.
114. The alarm went off and he woke up with a jerk.
115. An alarm links the police station to the divisional headquarters.
116. The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm went off.
117. The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and trepidation.
118. Didn't you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?
119. If he set his alarm clock for midnight(Sentencedict.com), it would wake the whole house.
120. Anne's alarm clock rang for half an hour before she woke.