: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
Examples of lifesaving in a Sentence
Noun
All lifeguards are trained in lifesaving.
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Adjective
Regarding money management, few things are more lifesaving than an emergency fund.—Nia Bowers, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024 Simulations are used to discover new lifesaving drugs, to model the future of climate change and to explore the behavior of colliding galaxies — as well as the physics of hypersonic missiles and nuclear explosions.—Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
Noun
The club said in a statement to Local 10 that referees and parents attempted lifesaving measures but were unsuccessful.—Karen Fratti, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Officers performed lifesaving measures but the man was pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt.—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lifesaving
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