Sentence examples for went on alert from inspiring English sources
After being injected, they were immunologically primed: their cellular response systems went on alert.
Israel again went on alert in 1998, when Mr. Hussein ordered United Nations inspectors out of Iraq.
But with the Oak Island attacks now pointing to a possible trend, North Carolina media went on alert for more.
The Israeli police went on alert today after receiving information pointing to a planned terrorist attack, setting up checkpoints on roads leading to and from the West Bank.
Japan's navy went on alert last month when a Chinese submarine was detected in the country's waters between the southern island of Okinawa and Taiwan.
Security forces went on alert in Bombay, New Delhi, Gujarat and other possibly volatile locations, but there were no reports of violence tonight.
The clash took place after five days of peaceful demonstrations as the police went on heightened alert ahead of a week of international meetings.
The Israeli army went on heightened alert after the Hamas group, the Qassam Brigades, said it was prepared to carry out suicide attacks, Israel Radio reported.
The chemical plants that line the valley around this city -- and, many say, add to its anxiety at times like these -- went on heightened alert after the attacks, as did major government buildings.
Assuming that the file deletion was the work of a hacker, DreamWorks' personnel department went on high alert.
The entertainment community prepared to be roasted, the Standards and Practices folks went on high alert.
