life preserver
Example Sentences
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From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
The measure “was simply a life preserver that was being thrown or could have been thrown to schools to stem the crisis,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
What’s the likelihood of those owners giving Skipper Dan a financial life preserver with new investors?
From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2022
What with her being my mom’s best friend, you’d think she was maybe spying for my parents, but more often, her presence was like wearing a life preserver.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
