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life jacket

noun as in flotation device

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Example Sentences

She’s starting to equate the life jacket with fun, and that’s the whole goal on trips like these.

So far, training her to be a great water dog has been mostly a success, and this life jacket has certainly played a role.

At this floating encampment, also in Ohio, you can rent kayaks, canoes, paddles, life jackets and even floating fire pits if you want some smoke on the water.

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The lead actor, who was famous, was wearing a life jacket and made it to shore.

As he told it, he gave a struggling sailor his life jacket and then helped a pilot who had been badly burned, staying by his side until they were rescued about five hours later.

Maclean watches the small explosion in the water—a leg, a ski, a life jacket.

From early morning, the passengers are astir—each one entrammelled in a life-jacket that reminds them continually of danger.

The boat was shoved back, the life-jacket was transferred to Guy, and the boatman was put ashore.

He forced himself to relax, let the life jacket support him.

With this life jacket on I could swim round the Horn, declared Sam confidently.

Slipping into my life-jacket, I groped my way to my station on deck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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