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

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

What’s the likelihood of those owners giving Skipper Dan a financial life preserver with new investors?

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Lange: We were shooting the title shots for the life preserver at the start of the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2022

Then she’d beg Dad to put on a life preserver.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey