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Meanings of lifebuoy in inglês
A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.
Usage of lifebuoy in inglês
1
Oeberg said he survived after finding a lifebuoy floating in the water.
2
Away went the captain, and in a few minutes back came the lifebuoy.
3
Then lifebuoy posts at drunken angles, newly bereft of their rings.
4
Then the stout Coastguardsman absolutely lifted him into the lifebuoy.
5
The lifebuoy was thrown, and, looking astern, I saw the man had caught it.
6
They both hung on securely to the lifebuoy, and felt little or no exhaustion.
7
A lifebuoy has become the back of a chair.
8
This unfortunate had only a lifebuoy to aid him on a fifteen-mile swim to shore.
9
Tarpaulins and a lifebuoy are strapped to the railings.
10
Reflexively jumping into pleasure like a lifebuoy, as a human did, what could one expect?
11
A signal having been again given with the lantern, the lifebuoy was drawn swiftly to land.
12
She was discovered on Monday evening in 3ft of water, and a lifebuoy was found close by.
13
The hawser is a thick rope, or cable, to which the lifebuoy is suspended when in action.
14
A lifebuoy was thrown to the victim, but he was unable to reach it due to strong currents.
15
The lifebuoy had been let go.
16
Our hero seized the two little girls and put them into the bag which hung from the circular lifebuoy.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Lifebuoy through the time