lifeboat
Example Sentences
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After the vessel transporting his family from India to Canada sinks, Pi escapes to a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger—and his situation gets more complicated with each passing day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Once on the lifeboat he was wrapped in warm blankets and it was "assessed that an ambulance and rapid evacuation would be required".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars, while a local lifeboat quad bike team stepped in to shepherd him into some sand dunes.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
“There’s not many of us left that did lighthouses or lifeboat stations, guys — mostly guys, almost exclusively — like me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
He loves his shoes, Cloth like a sail, Rubber like A lifeboat on rough sea.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
