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
Albadri told the court: "You put your life on the line. Everybody is scared, shouting, fighting. The life jackets is just for a few people, my life jacket I gave to a child."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the life jacket was an "incredibly iconic and poignant item with a superlative provenance".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The youngster said he started heading for shore with just his life jacket but later abandoned it to swim unencumbered.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
A man stumbles out of the sea carrying a small boy wearing the Syrian team strip and no life jacket.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
