They were in the hospital's patient advocate's office when a call from within the hospital alerted them that Brianne had been taken off the ventilator.

Mr. King was in Washington when a reporter's call alerted him to the discovery, he said.

I changed only one thing: that an anonymous call had alerted me to the contract on me.

These calls may alert other animals to predators.

The second call alerted him and he sprang to his feet, unconsciously being careful not to scrape the chair on the floor of the shower.

More calls alerted the units that would provide the covering fire for the as- sault group while it made its getaway.

An anonymous call alerted the city's Department for the Aging that two sisters were being abused.

At around six in the morning, an anonymous call alerted the police that smoke was coming from a building.

Often at dawn and dusk, the call to general quarters alerted all hands that enemy air raiders were nearby.

Such a call would have alerted him to the financial mess he was in.