lifeboat
Example Sentences
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He stands in a trance and—against his better instincts—jumps into a lifeboat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
The 1884 death of a cabin boy in a lifeboat was no accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
The two of them are in a lifeboat, together, but so alone.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
