wake-up call

America has to make sure that one wake-up call was enough.

We don't need anyone else to give us our wake-up call.

They can also be a healthy wake-up call for the people in power.

They have given us an important wake-up call to look at these issues more seriously.

I hope the article is a much needed wake-up call to all educators and parents.

"This should be a further wake-up call to the state."

There is no consensus on what form that wake-up call should take.

He was even early; nothing like having a 22-month-old daughter for a guaranteed wake-up call.

I think the real wake-up call is the amount of support for this protest.

These things were a very huge wake-up call for me.