larum
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The thunder crashed across the heaven, The fatal hour was come; Yet aye broke in, with muffled beat, The larum of the drum.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
The larum of his bell was ne'er so shrill As was her tongue, aye, clacking like a mill.
From Quaint Epitaphs by Various
My conjectures were interrupted by a loud larum at the house-door, which announced the return of my young host.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
Strike by yourself, sweet larum; you're true bell-metal I warrant you.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The cart moved on, the bell renewed its summons, till slowly and faintly the dreadful larum died in the distance.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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