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 | [e-mail], 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 first outfit to put me on red alert (pardon the pun) was that of Washington Post fashion writer Rachel Tashjian.
  — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
• Over the last few weeks, usage of red alert apps has exploded both within Israel and abroad.
  — Bella Aldrete, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• 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
• The critical red alert to evacuate was issued late Monday evening warning of a wildfire south of the town.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• On a map of rising syphilis cases nationwide, some reservations stand out like a red alert.
  — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024