alarm-bell

It was the same drug-sensitivity pattern that would lead Robert Daum to realize that serious illnesses among Chicago children were being caused by a new community-associated strain—and that would eventually convince doubtful editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association to publish his alarm-bell paper.5

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

It was the same drug-sensitivity pattern that would lead Robert Daum to realize that serious illnesses among Chicago children were being caused by a new community-associated strain—and that would eventually convince doubtful editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association to publish his alarm-bell paper.5

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

It was the same drug-sensitivity pattern that would lead Robert Daum to realize that serious illnesses among Chicago children were being caused by a new community-associated strain—and that would eventually convince doubtful editors at the Journal of the American Medical Association to publish his alarm-bell paper.5

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

So in other words, if you keep an eye on where your cross-cultural words come from, you can use them to make a subtle point - or even a jarring point or alarm-bell within the context of the fantasy culture of your world.

Why I take notice of my beta readers even when I don't agree with them...(2) Glenda Larke 2007

She heard a faint alarm-bell start to ring, far back in her mind, and ignored it.

The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

In my anxiety to get clear, I cocked her nose up until the automatic alarm-bell rang, and I actually began to slide backwards.

The Horror of the Heights Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1992

Like the deep and startling tones of an alarm-bell, echoing from hill to hill, his bold eloquence aroused the hearts of thinking men from the Penobscot to the St. Mary; and his published arguments, like an electric shock, thrilled every nerve in the

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

Nevertheless, as the noon-hour drew near he found himself watching the alarm-bell with growing excitement.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

"I found the box, with the money still in it, and fixed up an alarm-bell circuit to go off when he came for it," he explained hurriedly, as the manager stared.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

My conscience rings loudly like an alarm-bell in the dead of night.

My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year John Henry Jowett