life preserver

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Pong held tight to his wooden life preserver as he drifted downstream.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat