Term Gallery logo

Meanings of lifebelt in English

Wikidata

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

Usage of lifebelt in English
1
In 2009, the European Union is once again perceived as a lifebelt.
The Irish Times
2
These ecosystems have been described as the planet's lifebelt, and with good reason.
The Guardian
3
Was it really only the name on the lifebelt that made the difference?
The Guardian
4
Until the shipwreck comes, no man puts on the lifebelt in his cabin.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI
5
Crawshay appeared, hugging his lifebelt, on which he seated himself gingerly.
The Box with Broken Seals
6
From that moment the Red Un was possessed for the river and a lifebelt.
Love Stories
7
Bumptious Brenda and by-the-book Barry seized on this like drowning swimmers grasping a lifebelt.
Pack animals
8
Jenkins, the under-groom, gently nudged her and she grabbed his elbow like a lifebelt.
The devil she knows
9
Last of all-almosttoo late-TomRiley appeared, buckling on his lifebelt as he ran.
The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double R...
10
Faith is the true lifebelt that keeps us from being drowned in any stormy sea.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
11
He was standing with a lifebelt in his hand.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
12
A drowning surrealist will not appreciate the concrete lifebelt.
The Irish Times
13
However, I had my lifebelt around me, and managed to rise again to the surface.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
14
I helped to put a lifebelt on Mr. Frohman.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
15
Malcolm, take care that every one has a lifebelt.
The Captain of the Kansas
16
Throw her a lifebelt and she'll pull you under.
Lucky Jim
About this term
More collocations
Lifebelt through the time