life jacket
Example Sentences
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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
A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction to a collector for £670,000.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
She and fellow survivors, signed the life jacket, leaving their signatures on the cream-coloured vest, which features 12 pockets and is fitted with shoulder rests and side straps.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The youngster said he started heading for shore with just his life jacket but later abandoned it to swim unencumbered.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
I spent many hours doing nothing but lying on my side, a life jacket pushed out of place a few inches, like a curtain from a window, so that I might have a clear view.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
