life raft

Example Sentences

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What followed was an hours-long ordeal on a life raft, as the pilot and the passengers waited for rescuers to find them.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Carlson can sense a sinking ship, and he is jumping into a life raft.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

"In the end, we just held on to the upside-down life raft and floated. We were floating at sea for more than three hours," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

I’m like the human life raft that everyone can come to when they need a little break.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Once we were upright again, some swimmers, who had been dropped into the ocean by one of the Hornet’s helicopters, surrounded us and tied a life raft to our side.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins