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
Their daughters ran to a cafe to retrieve the life jacket and flotation ring used by Craig, who said: "I think the floating devices have to be closer to the front of the shore."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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
Albadri told the court: "You put your life on the line. Everybody is scared, shouting, fighting. The life jackets is just for a few people, my life jacket I gave to a child."
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
I find my soggy life jacket and put it on.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
