life jacket

Example Sentences

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The inner tubes, which are often given by people smugglers to migrants on Channel boats in place of life jackets, were then transported to several storage locations controlled by the gang in Germany.

From BBC

"The water is safe when there's a lifeguard and you have a life jacket on," he said.

From BBC

He was wearing an orange life jacket across his wide chest, the buckles stretched so tight they reminded me of rubber bands about to bust.

From Literature

That was when she remembered that she’d left her life jacket on the ship.

From Literature

“So we put on life jackets. That was the compromise.”

From The Wall Street Journal