life jacket
Example Sentences
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“I started on my grandpa’s back, just floating down the creek with a life jacket on,” he told me during a recent phone interview from the Red Rock prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The small boats involved in Channel crossings can be overcrowded, too flimsy, and not everyone wears a life jacket, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Stacey said that the "four participants were not wearing wetsuits and one had decided that a life jacket would not be necessary".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I enjoyed the slight elevation I gained from sitting on the extra life jacket.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
