life preserver
Example Sentences
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From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
I’ve never forgotten that day, and I should have hung a life preserver on my office wall as a stark reminder.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
What’s the likelihood of those owners giving Skipper Dan a financial life preserver with new investors?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Pong held tight to his wooden life preserver as he drifted downstream.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
