Alarm
Meaning
An anxious awareness of danger.
Pronunciation
UK əˈlɑːm
US əˈlɑːrm
Example Sentences
- Every morning, a loud alarm wakes you up.
- Deep in your temporal lobes, the amygdala scans for danger and fires its alarm before your conscious mind has registered anything at all.
- Within milliseconds, the hypothalamus sends orders down a fast nerve line to the adrenal glands, which sit atop your kidneys like small alarm bells.
- Trouble begins when the alarm never falls silent, because a mortgage, an inbox, or a difficult colleague can keep it ringing for months.
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