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Meanings of life ring in English

Catalan
salvavides
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A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

salvavides
Usage of life ring in English
1
I ran and got a life ring and threw it at him.
Chelsea chelsea bang bang
2
Rae, there's a life ring on either side of the cockpit.
Aground
3
A life ring, normally kept at the pier, had been removed by vandals.
The Irish Times
4
Asbury threw a life ring to starboard and began playing out the rope.
Winter’s Tale
5
A fisherman picked up a life ring and a rudder floating off Halibut Point.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
6
Julia was clutching the other one like a shipwreck victim clutching a life ring.
Under the dome: a novel
7
Her arms looked very soft and round on the rim of the life ring.
And the deep blue sea
8
They found her rudder and a life ring.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
9
He looked down and saw Goddard and Karen Brooke clinging to the life ring right below them.
And the deep blue sea
10
Karen slipped out of the life ring.
And the deep blue sea
11
Maybe if he lay flat with the life ring under his back he would have enough buoyancy.
And the deep blue sea
12
A life ring and a single blue boot were also seen about 35km away on the island of Gajajima.
News.com.au
13
Goddard didn't know how long they'd been struggling after the orange glow in the rain, dragging the life ring.
And the deep blue sea
14
He threw one leg over the rim of the life ring and stood vertically in the water astride it.
And the deep blue sea
15
He read in her eyes that the tale of their love was ended, and heard his future life ring hollow.
Evelyn Innes
16
If there's nobody there, I'll buy the company a new life ring, and Mrs. Brooke will give a cocktail party.'
And the deep blue sea
Translations for life ring
Catalan
salvavides