Sentence examples for it alerted us from inspiring English sources

"It alerted us that there may be the shredding of documents," said Philip Schiliro, the chief of staff for Representative Henry Waxman, a Democrat from California.

In our case, it alerted us that the home office deduction might get close scrutiny and that travel expenses--although ours were relatively low--are generally examined twice.

You do not need to know this to appreciate its haunting beauty, but it alerts us to the delicacy of her transformative art.

Guilt is a useful emotion in small doses as it alerts us to when our intentions or actions might harm another person.

It alerts us to the danger of division and suspicion.

But also perhaps a little foolhardy, as it alerts us cliche police to further crimes.

Acting as a warning system, it alerts us to shifts in our surroundings, pains in our body, memories of worrying events.

It alerts us to Erickson's more idiosyncratic designs and serves as an advisory for readers: not for the faint of heart.

Like a siren in a motorway tailback, snapping us out of our metallic isolation, it alerts us to the fact that another human being has gone through pain.

It alerts us to the strangeness of Kafka's world – often funnier or happier than we give it credit for – without using the word "Kafkaesque", which should be retired as it now means little more than "frustratingly bureaucratic".

The defect is precious because it alerts us that something is not working in the underlying process.