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

Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Akira grabbed on to the podium like it was a life preserver, and stood there uneasily for a long moment after the applause had stopped.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz