life raft
Example Sentences
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Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.
From Los Angeles Times
I’m like the human life raft that everyone can come to when they need a little break.
“The airship is gone, and the life rafts are in flames. We’re out of options.”
From Literature
Humor is his life raft because he neglects to plot much of a course around the seas of memory.
From Los Angeles Times
Survivors escaped on the Bayesian's life raft and were rescued by a small boat dispatched from another nearby yacht, the report says.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.