How to Use wake-up call in a Sentence

wake-up call

noun

• The loss to the Celtics was a wake-up call for the Heat.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• His face hit the plate, and that was a wake-up call for him.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020
• Some saw the school board vote as a wake-up call for Democrats.
  — Hanna Panreck, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2022
• And for a wider range of investors, the near-miss is a wake-up call.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• The goal was a wake-up call as the tide turned back in the Warriors favor.
  — Mike Morea, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 Nov. 2021
• For the Clinton 12, as the group would come to be known, the first week was a wake-up call.
  — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2020
• With this wake-up call, there have been many pros in a sea of cons.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• Braun said the skid was a wake-up call for her team, which hasn’t lost since.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2021
• The pandemic served as a wake-up call for a many of us.
  — Mike Weinberger, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022
• There were just a few that needed to have a wake-up call.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 2 July 2020
• Julie, what has been the biggest wake-up call for you this year?
  — WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
• That will be a little bit of a wake-up call for us in that area.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• Watch the moment Ariella gives her mom the best wake-up call!
  — Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• And wild food is the antidote: a wake-up call for the senses.
  — Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
• The move served as a wake-up call, but there was no time for a pity party.
  — Roy Lang Iii, Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2020
• Her now-fiancé stepped in to cover the cost—but the moment was a wake-up call.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 9 May 2022
• The last year has been a wake-up call for parents of school-age children.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• For Shirley Rackner, the past year has been a wake-up call.
  — oregonlive, 5 June 2021
• Waking up alone on the basement floor might be a wake-up call for him.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2020
• The Senate action this week was something of a wake-up call.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
• There's a buzz about some lazy Brood X cicadas that might have missed their wake-up call.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2022
• This is a wake-up call, and more people woke up this time than before.
  — Leyla Santiago, CNN, 15 June 2020
• Perhaps the concussion and black eye should have been a wake-up call to slow down.
  — Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Jan. 2020
• The invasion has certainly been a wake-up call for the West.
  — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Maybe this could be a wake-up call for our starting group, just to play harder.
  — Anne M. Peterson, orlandosentinel.com, 30 May 2021
• The huge drain on government finances should have been a wake-up call.
  — Anna Home, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
• So perhaps Tuesday was a wake-up call not just for Biden.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2021
• Give a wake-up call with a Cuban-style espresso coffee pot.
  — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• One more thing to bear in mind: Dr. Russo says that memory foam mattresses can trap heat, which can lead to a sweaty wake-up call.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 13 Mar. 2023
• Venema says that Musk’s use of algorithmic heating should be a wake-up call.
  — WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024