life jacket
Example Sentences
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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
He was not wearing a life jacket at the time, police said.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
"At this time, you know, the waves are massive, and I have no life jacket on. So anyway, I just keep swimming. I do breaststroke. I do freestyle. Survival backstroke."
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
I lost the life jacket, except for the whistle, which stayed in my hand.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
