alert

alert
01. The patient was awake and [alert] about 3 hours after undergoing surgery.
02. Someone had better [alert] the police; we've been robbed.
03. You have to be very [alert] if you are driving at night in heavy rain.
04. Police have warned people to keep on the [alert] for a cougar which has been sighted in the area.
05. The robber was spotted by an [alert] neighbor, who noticed him trying to climb in a window.
06. The school has been working hard to [alert] children to the dangers of talking to strangers.
07. He wasn't very [alert] in class today because he hardly slept at all last night.
08. The day Sophie was born she was amazingly [alert] and aware of everything around her.
09. Charles Tobey once said that a democratic government is only as strong as the [alert] conscience of its people.
10. The Armed Forces have been put on full [alert] amid rumors of a planned terrorist attack on the White House.
11. Wind tunnel studies [alert] car designers to specific areas of drag.
12. It's important to be [alert] when entering an intersection because there is often a lot of activity in these zones.
13. The doctor said the patient was [alert], and doing well.
14. Even a mild illness like a cold or the flu can decrease one's [alertness], making driving dangerous.
15. There is a proverb in the Philippines which states that [alertness] and courage are life's shield.
16. In May of 1980, U.S. nuclear forces twice went on red [alert] following a computer error warning of a Soviet attack.
17. According to the FBI, hospitals in Houston, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington have been [alerted] that they may be targets of a terrorist attack.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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