life jacket

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

"At this time, you know, the waves are massive, and I have no life jacket on. So anyway, I just keep swimming. I do breaststroke. I do freestyle. Survival backstroke."

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

"He swam in, he reckons, the first two hours with a life jacket on," he told ABC News.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Neither had been wearing a life jacket when their kayak overturned.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

All that was left of it were two tied oars and the life jacket between them.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel