Alarm:I don't want to alarm you, but I thought I saw a suspicious person in your backyard.We have to wake up early, so don't forget to set your alarm clock.The alarm on the man's car was so loud that it kept some of the neighbors up at night.The student who pushed the fire alarm was caught and suspended.
There are some alarm clocks on the market that will go off every hour if they are set correctly. There are also alarm apps for smartphones and tablets that can go off every hour or even less.
it helps us to get self confidence
Most do.
It was just coincidence that Fred caught a cold on the same day the fire alarm where he worked went off by mistake.
It was with some alarm I noted that my blind date was ninety-eight years old. Some alarm has been ringing all night long and I couldn't sleep at all. Some alarm their cars while others let people steal freely from them.
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "ringing of the alarm." It is functioning as a noun within the sentence.
Alarm:I don't want to alarm you, but I thought I saw a suspicious person in your backyard.We have to wake up early, so don't forget to set your alarm clock.The alarm on the man's car was so loud that it kept some of the neighbors up at night.The student who pushed the fire alarm was caught and suspended.
I preset my alarm clock.
"The harsh ringing of the alarm" is the gerund phrase in the sentence. A gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun, and in this case, "ringing" is the gerund that is the subject of the sentence.
By some mischance, a police car passed by just as the alarm went off, so the burglars were caught in the act.
No, perforce is not precisely correctly used in this sentence because the fire alarm is the subject of the sentence. The noise of the alarm might well indeed be unpleasant, but it alone would not require the evacuation of the building. As poor an option as not evacuating might be, it does remain an option. The alarm does not physically require an evacuation.
Everyone in the bank, including the manager and the tellers, ran to the door when the alarm rang.
The secret agent triggered the alarm on accident.
Due to the result some sort of aberrant magnetic fluctuation, my alarm clock is no longer dextrorotatory. Sorry I'm late....
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "ringing of the alarm."
The gerund phrase in the sentence is "ringing of the alarm." It functions as a noun and represents the action of the alarm ringing that jolted you away from your dreams.