lifeboat
Example Sentences
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He stands in a trance and—against his better instincts—jumps into a lifeboat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Once on the lifeboat he was wrapped in warm blankets and it was "assessed that an ambulance and rapid evacuation would be required".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Making it to the lifeboat was not much better.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
But on seeing the lifeboat, many of those in the water decide to swim directly to it, and they are hauled on board.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025
One night it grew too cold in the lifeboat to crack the corset’s combination.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
