How to Use life vest in a Sentence

life vest

noun
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  • Then Juden weighed in about the life vests on the boat.
    — Laura Bauer, kansascity, 27 June 2018
  • Throw on a life vest and hop in a kayak for a tour on the water!
    — Rianne Coale, RedEye Chicago, 9 June 2017
  • Slap some life vests on those kids and go look for lily pads.
    — Victoria Barber, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • Orange life vests hung intact from the top of the boat.
    — Joe Barrett, WSJ, 23 July 2018
  • Then a drone could be quickly deployed to drop a life vest to them.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The child was later found asleep on the boat, wrapped in a towel and wearing a life vest.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Donning their life vests and goggles, the pups paddled out to catch the big one.
    — NBC News, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Both were wearing life vests at the time of the crash, officials said.
    — Tanasia Kenney The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The woman, who was wearing a life vest, jumped in to try to rescue him.
    — Vic Ryckaert, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2020
  • He was found asleep on the boat about an hour later, wearing a life vest.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And the safety briefing on how to use oxygen masks and life vests?
    — Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The employee found the 4-year-old asleep on the boat wrapped in a towel and wearing a life vest.
    — Amir Vera, Jon Passantino and Jaqueline Hurtado, CNN, 11 Sep. 2020
  • But in an ocean of too-heavy croissants, Nuvrei is a life vest.
    — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Onboard, a couple tried to wrap a life vest around their young child.
    — Erika Hayasaki, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • On deck, he was handed a life vest, but for a while, no one around him jumped into the sea.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The missing man is believed to have been wearing a life vest.
    — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Her life vest had bunched up around her neck, stripping her skin right off.
    — Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • As a kid at the campsite, Mo Jackson always had a life vest on.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Josey yelled for help and cried before falling asleep in his life vest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The deets: Pull the tab to auto-inflate this life vest or or just blow into the mouthpiece.
    — Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Cornejo swam a short distance to the man, whose life vest was slipping off.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Josey was wearing a life vest, while an adult life vest was found on the boat alongside Rivera's ID.
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 9 July 2020
  • Rivera’s son was also wearing a life vest when he was found.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • In a moment captured on video, a drone dropped a life vest into the sea as the boy struggled to stay afloat.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2022
  • The promise: This life vest is designed for the higher seats in modern kayaks.
    — Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Buschow said the child was wearing a life vest and another adult-size vest was found in the vessel.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 9 July 2020
  • The police had sent him a picture of the bloated body in a coffin, wearing a life vest.
    — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
  • But throwing a life vest to Twitter won’t stop free speech from drowning.
    — WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Wooden pieces from the bridge, life vests and fire extinguishers.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Place a shelf above your shed door or window to organize bulky yet lightweight items, such as chair cushions, life vests, or pool toys.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023

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