The air-raid siren sounded again in short sharp blasts. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Just before 9: 00, the sound of air-raid sirens in Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: U.S., Britain Launch Air Strike Against Iraqi Radar Installations - February 16, 2001] Reference
We've heard the air-raid siren blare here three times today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
So you can obviously hear the air-raid sirens in the background. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006] Reference
Dad found regular work again and also became an air-raid warden. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
The air-raid siren started up again and then as abruptly stopped. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
The British air-raid on Düsseldorf also accounted for one or possibly two. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914] Reference
People looked at each other and couldn't believe there were air-raid sirens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Airstrike Against Iraq: Planes Target Command/Control/Communications Sites Near Baghdad - February 16, 2001] Reference
Just before we were ready to leave for France we were treated to an air-raid. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
She's in Haifa, Israel, where once again air-raid sirens wailed earlier today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
It's now five minutes of 2: 00, and the air-raid sirens have just now gone off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2006] Reference
The air-raid siren blared, and the "captors" yelled for everyone to take cover. From Wordnik.com. [On Yankee Station]
First came the warning sirens and a hasty but orderly rush to the air-raid shelters. From Wordnik.com. [On Yankee Station]
The firefighters had not even cleared the scene when the air-raid sirens wailed again. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2006] Reference
There are repeated reports of air-raid sirens, of explosions, of planes flying overhead. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: Not long after getting to Shlomo's house, we heard our first air-raid siren. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2005] Reference
We had no air-raid sirens, no machine guns, no anti-aircraft guns, nothing to deter them. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Brothers]
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE the air-raid siren went off at the corner of Olympic and Figueroa. From Wordnik.com. [Springtime Comes To The Cold War] Reference
He came up one day, and there was an air-raid siren, and the Japanese went into their bunkers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Tom Brokaw Discusses `The Greatest Generation' - March 6, 2000] Reference
It's Miles O'Brien live from Haifa, Israel, where we've had a couple of air-raid sirens go off today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
No scrap drives, Victory Bonds, rationing or air-raid wardens yelling at you to pull down your shades. From Wordnik.com. [War and Remembrance] Reference
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Not long after getting to Shlomo's house, we heard our first air-raid siren. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2006] Reference
ARRAF: I heard one large explosion on the edge of town, which followed the air-raid sirens by about 10 minutes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2001] Reference
It's a vent for one of the thousands of air-raid tunnels dug over the past two years in every Cuban town and city. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For A Revolution] Reference
Just about half-an - hour ago, on this quiet Friday night -- the regular Friday holiday -- air-raid sirens were activated. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2001] Reference
ROBERTS (voice-over): Another air-raid siren drives us from our vehicle, forcing us to shelter in a hardened bunker nearby. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2006] Reference
It is believed that in the excitement caused by an air-raid alarm it was snatched up by a customer who mistook it for his hat. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 25, 1917] Reference
We are lead to believe that there were no air-raid sirens sounded in advance of that and no signs of Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003] Reference
Several major urban areas have started revamping their old air-raid sirens; dozens of other communities are considering following suit. From Wordnik.com. [Cities: The Sound Of Sirens] Reference
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