alarum-bell

Suddenly the sharp wild clangor of the great alarum-bell of Famagosta crashed through the silence.

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

Even in these more prosaic days the custom of keeping watch and ward unceasingly is still maintained, and if there is a fire, the alarum-bell clangs over the city.

Bruges and West Flanders Am��d��e Forestier 1887

The death of a man like Dryden, especially in narrow and neglected circumstances, is usually an alarum-bell to the public.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

Fear was never meant to be permanent, it is only the alarum-bell which rings to wake up the soul that sleeps on when in mortal peril.

Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868

So numerous were the hands employed in these preparations, that about one o'clock the alarum-bell gave three great tolls, and then silence fell.

St. George and St. Michael Volume II George MacDonald 1864

So numerous were the hands employed in these preparations, that about one o'clock the alarum-bell gave three great tolls, and then silence fell.

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864

No citizen can lie down secure that he shall not be roused by the alarum-bell, to repel or avenge an injury.

Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

It was as loud as an alarum-bell, and when rung, was to be heard from Number 12 to Number 44, in the street where Dr Plausible resided.

Newton Forster The Merchant Service Frederick Marryat 1820

The death of a man like Dryden, especially in narrow and neglected circumstances, is usually an alarum-bell to the public.

The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Walter Scott 1801