life preserver

Example Sentences

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The brook flowed past the ruins of that school, and in it were all of the teachers, the principal, and the secretary, too, wearing life preservers, on their way to Canada.

From Literature

Akira grabbed on to the podium like it was a life preserver, and stood there uneasily for a long moment after the applause had stopped.

From Literature

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

In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times

Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.

From Los Angeles Times