How to Use siren in a Sentence

siren

noun
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  • On the worst days, sirens and the app sound every few hours, day and night.
    — John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The test sounds like a single siren tone and lasts about one minute.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In the film, Goodheart evokes the story of Odysseus and the sirens to describe the allure.
    — Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The sirens, a stark reminder, the missiles a constant fear.
    — ABC News, 9 July 2023
  • Sometimes the call of a lighthouse is closer to a siren's song.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 12 June 2023
  • Stoff sped through a red light — without his lights and sirens on — and hit Reed.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The deputy didn’t turn on his lights or siren, but made every turn Brock did.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The suspects ran when police approached the Jeep with their lights and sirens on.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The ambulance had its lights going, up ahead, but not the siren.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The video ends with the women posing by their getaway car as sirens blare in the background.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Beck drove away from the scene, and officers chased after him with lights and sirens.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Rocket sirens also blared in the southern city of Beersheba and in the coastal city of Ashkelon.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But these were built on sites peppered with bomb shelters, and under the wail of air raid sirens.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Air raid sirens started at about 4 a.m., and the alert ended about two hours later.
    — Andrea Rosa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This siren was first abducted and then, for love, is next to this man, captive and locked up in a way.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Air raid sirens in Kyiv began to sound just before 6 a.m.
    — Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Lana’s going to need to watch out; this singing siren isn’t used to taking no for an answer.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 6 July 2023
  • The footage begins with Meyer driving his patrol car with the siren on.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Officers turned on their flashing lights and sirens and tried to stop it.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Polin was at his local synagogue when the air raid sirens went off.
    — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The passenger lies down on his stomach in the thick brush as sirens can be heard wailing in the background.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Unlike Israel, the Gaza Strip has no air raid sirens or bomb shelters.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This siren will make a loud blaring sound while also flashing a bright strobe light.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Then, the officer puts on his sirens, and the two vehicles eventually move to the right side of the road.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In Zaporizhzhia, close to the front line, air-raid sirens can sound up to 12 times a day, according to Markova.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Of sitting one morning across from him and telling him all of it: the fliers, Rockefeller Center, the police, the cold nights and the sirens, the nice people and the hay in the car.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Each time Brock made a turn, the cruiser mirrored his move — but the deputy inside didn’t turn on the lights or sirens and didn’t try to pull him over, Brock said.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • At night a strange silence fell amid the stones of the old towns; farther south, air raid sirens warned of incoming rockets.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For makeup, Flowers drew inspiration from the siren makeup trend with a nod to the ’90s.
    — Tira Urquhart, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Emelia Aloni heard a siren, too, right before she was abducted.
    — NBC News, 5 Dec. 2023

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