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Meanings of warning sound in English

Visual or audible signal indicating potential or acute danger.

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Examples for "warning signal"
1
These brilliant colours serve as a visual warning signal to would-be predators.
The Guardian
2
The warning signal that it was approaching the open road crossing at Collyweston.
The Neutronium Alchemist
3
A beeping warning signal sounded inside his cockpit as he armed his missiles.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
4
The engineer saw the warning signal and slowed down, but did not stop.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
5
It was too late to give her aunt a warning signal.
Goodbye dolly
Usage of warning sound in English
1
Watching the real thing in action made his warning sound laughably understated.
Fortune's Pawn
2
Then he made a low, warning sound of his imperial displeasure.
Blood rites
3
I strained my ears to listen, but no warning sound could I hear.
The Yeoman Adventurer
4
Suddenly the sharp report of a rifle rung with warning sound through the air.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), America...
5
The warning sound, it is known, we well may pray.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
6
Taggi made a warning sound deep in the throat.
Storm Over Warlock
7
It was the last warning sound before violence.
The Harlequin
8
Then, without a warning sound, the door was pushed ajar, and the girl slipped silently through.
Love under Fire
9
With this last warning sound the trouble, which had lasted so long, was at an end.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
10
Borenson growled deep in his throat, a warning sound that Draken had only heard from dogs.
Chaosbound
11
But it never stopped the warning sound.
A visible darkness
12
This time there was no warning sound.
Gold in the Sky
13
Having heard no warning sound from behind, Ross whirled, ready to use his fists, his only weapons.
The Time Traders
14
She had just started to open the door when she heard a warning sound on the other side.
Secret weapon spouse
15
Again the two voices above them stopped suddenly as if the two conspirators had heard a warning sound.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
16
The sheep strayed near the edge of the meadow and paused, waiting for the warning sound of the horn.
Mother Goose in Prose