Sentence examples for used to alert from inspiring English sources
Signals were used to alert inmates to abort assaults when other guards were in the area.
In the most recent earthquake, a new system of warnings was used to alert the population.
We also explain how multidimensional notification technologies are used to alert remote, busy, and distracted caregivers.
Interrupts are used to alert the system when a packet is received or transmitted so that no blocking occurs.
Our translator picked up the white flag Najla's family used to alert the Israeli soldiers to their presence.
Some experts say YouTube, MySpace and the like should be used to alert teenagers to the consequences of risky behavior.
A code was used to alert the plateau to new arrivals, who were referred to as "stationery" or "books" to be delivered on specific days.
Indeed, so many of them died in landslides and explosions that a special envelope was used to alert their families back home.
Social-media sites used to alert followers of protests are a "legitimate use of communications," said Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Steve Goldstein.
In doing so, it collects data about cyberthreats that it can use to alert the private sector.
"Could we have one of those gizmos?" he said, pointing to the tricolor timing lights that the committee uses to alert speakers when their allotted time is finished.
