life preserver

NOUN

flotation device

Synonyms

STRONGEST

life jacket life vest

WEAK

Mae West buoy cork jacket life belt life net lifeline swimmies

Example Sentences

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I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Maybe, but Celine Dion wasn’t about to throw them a life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

I’ve never forgotten that day, and I should have hung a life preserver on my office wall as a stark reminder.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

I sit on the bed and grip the water bottle in my hands like it’s a life preserver and I’m drowning.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed