life jacket
Example Sentences
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Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It is the only life jacket from one of the survivors ever to be put up for sale, with auctioneers describing the rare item as a "once in a lifetime opportunity for collectors".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
"The water is safe when there's a lifeguard and you have a life jacket on," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
"He swam, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on," Bresland told national broadcaster ABC.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
But she shook her head, holding up Phoebe’s bright blue coat and her life jacket.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
