Word Finder - alarm

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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

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A sudden attack; disturbance.

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Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

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A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

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The clock radio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside.

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An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

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You should set the alarm on your watch to go off at seven o'clock.

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To call to arms for defense

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To give (someone) notice of approaching danger

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To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

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To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

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To keep in excitement; to disturb.

I kept thinking I could hear an alarm clock.

Betsy said, alarm in her voice.

Dusty tossed his phone on the nightstand and set the alarm clock.

In the distance, an alarm sounded.

Wednesday morning dawned with air so crisp Dean was awake before the alarm, awake to a knock down gorgeous day, "one of the ten best" prattled a cheery voice on the kitchen table radio.

There was an alarm clock on the nightstand beside the black base of a lamp.

The alarm sounded in the back of her mind.

Alarm reignited her adrenaline.

The woman rummaged through the colorful attire in a frenzy until she retrieved and turned off a large old fashioned alarm clock.

As he answered the late night call, he glanced up the staircase to see Edith in the hall above, a specter in her antique dress, a look of alarm on her face.

Deidre dropped her hand quickly from the knotted skin, alarm pulsing through her.

A fat major skirted a bush, puffing and falling out of step; a soldier who had fallen behind, his face showing alarm at his defection, ran at a trot, panting to catch up with his company.

Lana cracked an eye open wide enough to see it was too early for her alarm to sound.

Her instincts on high alarm, she met Xander's gaze.

Her alarm clock woke her at dawn, reminding her it was time for her morning run.

Ully watched with alarm as the healer unwrapped the angel.s bandage.

The alarm clock buzzed insistently and she reached over to slap the snooze button, squinting at the iridescent hands.

She doubted anything would alarm this man if tricking a woman into wedding him and discovering the news of his sisters' impending children did not.

He got his satchel from the buggy and, opening it, took out two deadly looking revolvers that made the children shrink back in alarm just to look at.

She set the alarm and fluffed the pillows, but it did no good to close her eyes.

Just have worse odds, Jule said, trying not to let his own alarm show.

Her vision cleared to reveal she now stood in a luxurious living room with several people in front of her displaying varying levels of alarm on their faces.

A tingle of alarm went through Rhyn, but his head was too heavy for him to process it.  Instead, he focused hard on containing the power within him.  When he felt he wouldn't explode, he looked around.  Darkyn had claimed Kris's library and stood near a pane of windows overlooking the snowy Alps.

Her instincts were at full alarm, but she didn't understand what she had to fear from Gabriel's death dealers.

Kiera dreamt of a planet filled with spiders and dinosaurs and awoke in her bed a couple of hours later to the soft sound of her alarm clock going off.

I left word I'd call from the airport in the morning and set my phone alarm in time for my early departure.

She studied him, alarm swirling through her for the first time.

Then he remembered the ringing alarm clock in the luggage of their other guest.

Breathless, she reached the exit onto the roof and pushed it open, flinching at the alarm that sounded.

The alarm will be sounded and you'll be in a pretty position without your boots!

Lisa hesitated, not wanting to alarm her friend with the details.

Our home was as isolated as Howie's place and contained no alarm or security system.

Even Gladys Turnbull's alarm must have been muffled enough not to disturb his slumber.

His emotional voice was like an alarm clock in her brain.

There is no bell and the internal sounder on the alarm is disconnected.

Once in a while we shut the alarm down during the day 'cause some of the help use that exit to the back parking lot.

Her alarm growing, she crossed her arms and climbed the stairs to the kitchen area.

Distant alarm was overwhelmed by need.

If that was Gladys Turnbull's alarm clock, I hope she gets it fixed.

My guess is she sets the damn alarm multiple times every night.

The alarm clock wasn't enough.

She would apologize to him personally and in the future at least place the alarm under a pillow so only she would hear it.

Far off in the distance, Dean could again hear the ringing of Gladys Turnbull's alarm but he paid it no attention.

She's playing 'let's pretend' even more seriously than Gladys and her alarm clock rendezvous.

Her gaze flickered to the screen beneath her fingertips, and she typed the alarm disarm codes.

Neither slept very well that night, and Dean was awake before the alarm, up fixing the morn­ing coffee.

The Porte, in alarm, turned to Great Britain for advice and assistance.

These insects are adorned with bands of black and yellow, or with bright metallic colours, and on account of their large size and formidable ovipositors they often cause needless alarm to persons unfamiliar with their habits.

Every morning when the alarm clock goes off at 7 o'clock, I hit snooze.

It was necessary to prevent the enemy from receiving information; it was necessary to avoid publishing information that would unnecessarily alarm British people or their Allies, or mislead neutrals as to the progress of the war; and it was also necessary for British censors to pay due regard to the censorship policies of other countries with whom Great Britain was associated.