Sentence examples for was on high alert from inspiring English sources

He considered following up the attack on Cobleskill with one on Cherry Valley, but because the militia was on high alert, he instead withdrew back to Iroquois territory.

All of Wall Street, it seemed, was on high alert.

I was on high alert most of my childhood".

She was on high alert during a cruise to Mexico the next month.

It roused the beagle, who was on high alert at my heels.

I met him in December, when the capital was on high alert for terrorist attacks.

The state assembly was in session, and the force was on high alert.

The prosecutor asked if Wilson was on "high alert" in the neighrborhood.

This was two days before Halloween, when America, as per instructions, was on high alert.

The traffic was crazy and our hotel was on high alert because of a bomb scare.

The authorities were nervous and intelligence already was on high alert.