alerting

How To Use alerting In A Sentence

• She had just started relaxing when her laptop gave a small beep, alerting her that she had mail.
• Warning letters went out to thousands of doctors today alerting them that Sanofi Aventis is recalling 800,000 doses of pediatric swine flu vaccine in prefilled syringes because routine tests disclosed that its potency has diminished, officials say. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 16, 2009
• A splash of light illuminates fecal contamination too small to be detected by eye on a beef carcass as it moves down the production line, immediately alerting the meat packer to a potential problem.
• And it's not the only thing that be flagged up as a hazard to well-being, alerting people to the perils in store if they indulge.
• Night-vision units have received a lot of attention, as have recent optical systems for alerting drivers to objects behind reversing vehicles.
• I asked if he had considered alerting the police in Lusaka that he had witnessed a killing by an American visitor to Zambia.
• Under the scheme, shopkeepers and staff are issued with two-way radios that enable them to track suspects around the town alerting the police to potential criminals.
• Defense includes sentry birds alerting the flock to danger, as well as mobbing, in which several crows surround a potential predator and call out a forceful alarm.
• The clocks go back tomorrow morning, alerting us to the onset of winter and the arrival of higher fuel bills. Times, Sunday Times
• All of a sudden a cry went up, in the ancient tradition of alerting the local citizenry and raising the alarm.