Synonyms for false alarm

Grammar : Noun

Définition of false alarm

noun needless alarm or worry

Example sentences :

There is a false alarm of police, and the game is suddenly stopped.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various

This was only a false alarm; there was no need to make a fuss.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Anyone giving a false alarm by shouting "Deer" is fined five.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

After all it proved to be a false alarm, for no one came in sight.
Extract from : « Darry the Life Saver » by Frank V. Webster

I perceived that the hero of the false alarm was one of the players.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

Yet, army boy that he was, he hated to give what might be called a false alarm.
Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King

If he can do neither, he is punished for giving a false alarm.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

False alarm or no, the Major was half dressed before I came on here.
Extract from : « Trapped by Malays » by George Manville Fenn

By-the-bye, I should tell you that was a false alarm I sounded about my uncle!
Extract from : « French and Oriental Love in a Harem » by Mario Uchard

In three minutes all was ready; but happily it proved to be a false alarm.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 » by Various

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