How to Use life preserver in a Sentence

life preserver

noun
  • The guides cinch hard on the straps of life preservers.
    Christopher Solomon, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • What appears to be a life preserver comes to Frank in the form of a song he and Sam have recorded.
    Rick Bentley, kansascity, 14 June 2018
  • There would be no life preserver cast to pull him ashore.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
  • In 12 of the deaths, the victims were not wearing life preservers, Parker said.
    John D. Simmons, charlotteobserver, 25 May 2018
  • Others tried to swim for it in the icy water, with and without life preservers.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • There is a visual of this in the book when Diana finds one of these little life preservers.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Police did not say whether the boys had been wearing life preservers.
    Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 5 June 2018
  • Anderson said two life preservers were found on the beach.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • If this is all hands on deck, somebody throw me a life preserver.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • His life preserver was strapped on tight in case he was thrown overboard.
    David Gardner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Like adult PFDs, kids’ life preservers should fit snugly.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 9 Apr. 2020
  • In the scene, Chan wears wearing a full suit with no life preserver for the cameras on the watercraft.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The exhibit features his watch, and the life preserver that his 18-year-old wife wore.
    CBS News, 9 Dec. 2018
  • Each floating octopus comes with three rings in the shape of a star, fish and life preserver.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
  • But all a life preserver does is help wearers stay afloat.
    Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The phone becomes a life preserver in the most literal sense.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
  • That’s me in the waves holding onto a surfboard like a life preserver.
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 30 Nov. 2018
  • No one was at the boat but 10 life preservers were spotted on the sand, OnScene reported.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • The home's décor embraces the nautical theme and features life preservers, maps, a bell and, at one point, even a shark.
    Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2018
  • This weekly planner serves as a life preserver amid a sea of e-vites and reschedules, and does so in style too.
    Cady Lang, Time, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Then Foy saw a woman face down in the water, wearing a life preserver.
    Julie Watson, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • The pill is a life preserver that doctors can throw to the 1,000-plus Americans drowning each day.
    Marty Makary, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Passengers from a nearby boat then noticed her, threw her life preservers and jumped in to help her.
    Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 23 July 2018
  • But no need to invest in life preservers just yet, Parsons assured.
    CBS News, 29 May 2023
  • But injuries can't be used as a life preserver after eight years.
    Star Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Drop him in the middle of the ocean without a life preserver, and Harden will find a way to exaggerate contact and get to the line.
    Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • No life preserver was tossed Buehler’s way Thursday night.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
  • Videos show Robbins jumping from the boat and swimming in the water with a life preserver nearby.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • The bottom of the lineup, a three-man life preserver in the two previous postseason series, left the bats in San Diego.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Sport or recreational equipment like ballet and tap shoes, cleats, gloves, life preservers, mouth guards, roller and ice skates, ski boots, wetsuits and more.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023

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