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Meanings of lifejacket in English

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A device designed to help a wearer to keep his head above the surface of the water.

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        Examples for "life jacket"
        Examples for "life jacket"
        1
        He was wearing minimum armor, clutching a life jacket in one hand.
        Jacinto's Remnant
        2
        The man was not wearing a life jacket, according to the report.
        Ebony
        3
        The man was also wearing a life jacket with a flashing light.
        Radio NZ
        4
        The life jacket fell 75 feet, then hung on a rock outcropping.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        5
        The message to anglers is clear: wear a life jacket, or risk drowning.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Best bring Simmons forward and get him in a life vest.
        Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
        2
        Cody wore a blue-and-yellow life vest and sat very still on the cooler.
        Dearly Devoted Dexter
        3
        Wear a life vest when rock fishing, boating or engaging in water sport activities.
        News.com.au
        4
        If anything happens, just stay afloat in this life vest.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Dennis reached to give her a hand, but she was unfastening her life vest.
        Stiltsville: a novel
        1
        I'd become his personal flotation device.
        The smoke room: a novel of suspense
        2
        However, all four had personal flotation devices, similar to life jackets.
        The Irish Times
        3
        It depicts both adults and children not wearing personal flotation devices.
        The Irish Times
        4
        I remembered something I had forgotten to search for in the ship: life vests- personalflotation devices.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        5
        The board has repeatedly emphasised the need for lifejackets or personal flotation devices to be checked regularly and secured adequately.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of lifejacket in English
        1
        Mr Aonga urged everyone heading onto the rocks to wear a lifejacket.
        Radio NZ
        2
        A paddle, lifejacket and kayak were earlier retrieved from the lake.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Athena shook her head and helped a tearful woman slip into a lifejacket.
        Book Two: Descent
        4
        Greece described its tourism revenue as its "lifejacket" during its debt crisis.
        News.com.au
        5
        A coast guard spokesman said that the man had not been wearing a lifejacket.
        The Irish Times
        6
        None of the 10 on board was wearing a lifejacket.
        The Irish Times
        7
        SAILING:Putting on a lifejacket is one of the most important decisions a sailor will make.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Every movement is awkward in my thick, yellow oilskins and firmly strapped bulky orange lifejacket.
        The Irish Times
        9
        She was found lying face down in the water and her lifejacket was not inflated.
        The Irish Times
        10
        He was not wearing a lifejacket, it said.
        Radio NZ
        11
        Nope, we transitioned into talking about lifejacket safety.
        Wired
        12
        She designed a bolero style lifejacket filled with kapok that could float 15 times its weight.
        Radio NZ
        13
        Life after default: Malaysia's tips for Greece The Asian country shunned an IMF lifejacket in 1998.
        Reuters
        14
        John O'Shea goes to bed in a lifejacket.
        The Guardian
        15
        He helped her into a neon orange lifejacket.
        Bulletproof bride
        16
        He stubs out a hand-rolled cigarette in an ashtray and grabs a lifejacket off the ground.
        Reuters
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