life belt

Example Sentences

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Peter has a 7-month-old baby; Austin is giving his 3-year-old daughter a life belt for Christmas featuring doughnuts, ice cream and a soccer ball.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2015

Usual when growth happens it is for profit without growth of small business who really are the life belt to the citizens and environmentally bad.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2014

For other artists, Prozac has been a life belt thrown as they drowned in a sea of depression.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

He dropped his pack and two medical bags and jumped in wearing three layers of clothing, a helmet, combat boots and a life belt.

From Washington Post

Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman