How to Use alarm in a Sentence

alarm

1 of 2 noun
  • The whole town heard the alarm.
  • The alarm went off when he opened the door.
  • She set the alarm for six o'clock.
  • The alarm went off at six o'clock.
  • She looked around in alarm when she heard the noise.
  • The dog's barking gave the alarm and the intruders were caught.
  • A passerby saw the intruders and raised the alarm.
  • The rumors caused widespread alarm and concern.
  • The new developments are being viewed with alarm.
  • His parents have expressed alarm about his safety.
  • And that's what smoke alarms do.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The alarm on my phone went off.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The fire grew to a fourth alarm.
    — Lillian Bonsignore, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • What’s the best bed alarm to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This should be a five-alarm fire.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That sent off alarm bells in my mind.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • None of this sets off alarms right away.
    — Gregory Lipich, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Those things should not be a cause for alarm.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, artists and fans alike have raised the alarm.
    — Letitia James, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
  • When an alarm goes off, is snoozed, or is stopped.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So, Ryan sets his alarm and joins in.
    — Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • My alarm is just cruel at this point.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Car alarms wailed in a parking lot.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The alarm is helpful for acute pain.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • My advice is to set your alarm.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026
  • Alex declined to ring the alarm.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The same goes for snoozing your alarm.
    — Kate Donovan, Martha Stewart, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Way off days set alarms clanging.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That image alone should set off alarms.
    — Aron Solomon september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But, there are no alarm bells going off.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 May 2026

alarm

2 of 2 verb
  • I didn't mean to alarm you.
  • The rapid spread of the disease has alarmed many people.
  • That claim should alarm parents.
    — Stephana Ferrell, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026
  • When something goes wrong, alarms fire.
    — Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Alyssa’s trip didn’t alarm her mother.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Not to alarm you, but there may be a red flag in your portfolio.
    — Travis Forman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The suspect began to dig into a bag, which alarmed the rangers.
    — Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The warning could alarm shippers and further drive up grain prices.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023
  • Females will sting if handled or alarmed though, so avoid doing that.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • That law was adopted to address a decline in game species that had hunters alarmed.
    — Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Some of those positions have alarmed public health groups.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But a man a few feet away, who was allergic to the insect’s sting, was not alarmed.
    — Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • My behavior may have alarmed my roommates.
    — Ivy Nelson, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But though an -itis can sound intense, there’s still no reason to be alarmed (or, again, to rub your eyes).
    — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The budget has alarmed the families who have come to rely on at-home care.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But such a deal would certainly amount to alarming news for the outside world.
    — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Democrats are increasingly alarmed by the moves.
    — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The message alarmed those who read it and reported it to police, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t be alarmed when the vinegar reacts with the baking soda.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t be alarmed when the vinegar reacts with the baking soda.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t be alarmed when the vinegar reacts with the baking soda.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Pettitt has watched the rise of the younger trad wives with fascination, then alarm.
    — Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This should alarm anyone who values the freedom these lands provide.
    — Tracy Stone-Manning, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The meeting alarmed some voting rights advocates in the state.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Nigin told her later that, yes, she had been alarmed by the cut but had resolved to check on her students.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Viewers on TikTok were alarmed by the scene in the viral clip.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That alarmed some lawmakers about the risk of assessments on the rest of the market.
    — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
  • Public health and policy experts are alarmed, but not all point to the same culprits.
    — Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But what alarms him most is the silence from the business community.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The approval might sound like a move guaranteed to alarm public health experts.
    — Sarah Todd, STAT, 6 May 2026

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