How to Use red alert in a Sentence

red alert

noun
  • The troops have been put on red alert.
  • The Guardians are no longer on red alert at first base.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Most of Ohio remains on red alert for concerns over the spread of the virus.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2021
  • To be sure, none of these polling results amount to a red alert for Biden’s prospects.
    Time, 23 Oct. 2019
  • In Italy, 16 cities have been placed under a red alert for the extreme heat.
    CBS News, 16 July 2023
  • The heat wave that scorched Europe last week felt like a red alert of climate change.
    Michele Cohen Marill, WIRED, 3 July 2019
  • Your brain and body weren’t designed to stay on red alert 24/7 in order to speed from task to task.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • On Sunday, a red alert was in place for seven of the state's 14 districts.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 10 Aug. 2020
  • In the city of Chongqing, which has also been under a red alert, the heat caused a museum roof to melt.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • The sense of urgency, though, surely must be on red alert.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Petrov, juggling a phone in one hand and an intercom in the other, judged that the red alert was a false alarm.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Then, acknowledge that red alert your body has sent you.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The five central islands are on red alert for high swells on Wednesday.
    Barry Hatton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Entering a Week 2 matchup with the Chargers, the red alert returns.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Though 27 counties were listed for red alert this week, the number has shrunk over the last couple of months.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Or someone loses their nerve, putting the Jennings on red alert.
    Joshua Rivera, GQ, 31 May 2018
  • During code red alerts, cooling centers are free and open to the public.
    Juliana Kim, baltimoresun.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The good news is that what look like flashing red alerts about imminent trouble for the banks are nothing of the sort.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The Coosa fared a little better, with only one red alert and four yellow alerts for E. coli.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022
  • These map tiles are perfect for when there’s a red alert or warp core breach and the players need a better idea of who is acting where.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Garoppolo stood on the sideline, on red alert, at two Super Bowls.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Two possessions later: Bertans has just made another three, and so now the Jazz need to be on red alert.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The number of Level 3 red alert Ohio counties for concern over the coronavirus spread dips to 76.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Not so red: Fewer than half of Ohio’s counties (38 of 88) are now on red alert for coronavirus, the first time this has happened in months.
    Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 7 May 2021
  • A week ago 55 counties were on red alert in the state’s virus-advisory system.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2021
  • So many red alerts have gone off at City Hall about the dysfunctional 911 center in recent years.
    Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has warned that the city is on the verge of returning to a red alert as infections rise.
    Lissette Romero, Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • If, in the future, works of fiction must carry content warnings, this one will require a red alert.
    Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Still, players on the Blazers are on red alert regarding their futures, which is common around the league at this point in the season.
    oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Seventy-two Ohio counties are a step lower, at red alert.
    cleveland, 20 Nov. 2020

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