Below you will find example sentences with "alarm bells". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Alarm Bells in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: alarm
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.9 words

Words in this phrase

alarm bells

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • alarm can mean: A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Frequent word
  • bells can mean: plural of bell Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

alarm bells began to 1× alarm bells for homebuyers 1× alarm bells shouldn t 1× also ring alarm bells for democracies 1× and raising alarm bells among health 1× been raising alarm bells it s 1× city where alarm bells for climate 1× have the alarm bells ringing loud 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a small penciled 1× alarm bells began 1× alarm bells for 1× alarm bells shouldn 1× before long jonathan 1× commemorating the international 1×

Common sentence endings:

a hard worker 1× action were rang 1× addiction takes hold 1× among health authorities 1× and homeowners associations 1× any alarm bells 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

ringing 6× set 4× off 4× rang 2× agents 2× new 2× yet 2× usually 2× small 2× name 2× long 2× rung 2×

Related phrases

fire alarm false alarm harassment alarm

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around alarm:

fire alarm 12× false alarm 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

alan wake alan sugar alan shearer alan parsons alan moore alabama department

Just after it in the phrase index:

alaska airlines alaska native alberta government alberta health alberta investment alberta premier

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "alarm bells" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as alarm bells began to, alarm bells for homebuyers, ringing, set and off stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fire alarm, false alarm, harassment alarm, fire alarm and false alarm, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with alarm bells

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Everything about the patient in front of me is ringing alarm bells. (12 words)

The alarm bells have, in fact, been ringing for at least seven years now. (14 words)

When Unions NSW backs the Liberal Premier against the Labor leader, alarm bells should be ringing. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Cybercriminals are also playing the long game: it is not unusual for them to plant malware that lies dormant for up to several months, gathering information which it can then leverage to target the attack in a way which will not set off any alarm bells. (46 words)

Irrespective of how many players will be injured and unavailable, they are going to have to dig deep and come up with a positive reaction against the Diamonds, as another adverse result would have the alarm bells ringing loud and clear. (41 words)

Still, alarm bells went off inside DeSantis’ political circle when Florida Rep. Byron Donalds announced he was getting behind the former president earlier this month, just weeks after telling CNN he wouldn’t endorse until the field was set. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Alarm bells began to rang in Eileen's head, as she told the seller she knew it was a scam.

Alarm bells for homebuyers, real estate agents and lawyers include: sellers seeming unfamiliar with the property, brand new documentation, and inconsistencies in data.

Alarm bells shouldn’t be ringing yet, but twin failures from Australia’s usually reliable number three have officially confirmed 2023 as his worst year with the bat since spectacularly bursting onto the scene in 2019.

A small penciled addendum on Kendall’s name then sets alarm bells ringing, but it’s hazy whether his name is underlined or crossed out.

Before long, Jonathan quit his job at the biscuit factory, which rung alarm bells for Sandra as she had always known her brother to be a hard worker.

Commemorating the International Day on Disaster Risk Reduction on Friday, the youth marched to some areas which were hit by cyclone Freddy in the city where Alarm Bells for Climate Emergency and Ambitious Action were rang.

Cybercriminals are also playing the long game: it is not unusual for them to plant malware that lies dormant for up to several months, gathering information which it can then leverage to target the attack in a way which will not set off any alarm bells.

Everything about the patient in front of me is ringing alarm bells.

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Evidence of a global private market in disinformation aimed at elections will also ring alarm bells for democracies around the world, The Guardian reported.

If anything, alarm bells should be going and you should swap whatever the outcome *this time*, because next time might not go down the same way.

In the Pacific, China’s attempts to become the security partner of small island nations have set off alarm bells; on the mainland, a vague new anti-espionage law has rattled foreign businesses.

Irrespective of how many players will be injured and unavailable, they are going to have to dig deep and come up with a positive reaction against the Diamonds, as another adverse result would have the alarm bells ringing loud and clear.

On Thursday, alarm bells sounded on both sides of the Atlantic as investors sold government bonds en masse, sending yields to multiyear highs.

Remarkably, alarm bells are being rung by the Bank of England – usually the last institution to rock any boats.

Still, alarm bells went off inside DeSantis’ political circle when Florida Rep. Byron Donalds announced he was getting behind the former president earlier this month, just weeks after telling CNN he wouldn’t endorse until the field was set.

The alarm bells have, in fact, been ringing for at least seven years now.

The announcement this week from Demotech that Frontline’s rating had been dropped set off alarm bells among Florida insurance agents and homeowners’ associations.

This variant is causing a surge in infections worldwide yet again and raising alarm bells among health authorities.

When Unions NSW backs the Liberal Premier against the Labor leader, alarm bells should be ringing.

Whether it’s your behaviors and habits you’ve noticed or those of someone close to you have been raising alarm bells—it’s essential to know the telltale signs before addiction takes hold.

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