life belt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of life belt
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Peter has a 7-month-old baby; Austin is giving his 3-year-old daughter a life belt for Christmas featuring doughnuts, ice cream and a soccer ball.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2015
Usual when growth happens it is for profit without growth of small business who really are the life belt to the citizens and environmentally bad.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2014
For other artists, Prozac has been a life belt thrown as they drowned in a sea of depression.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2013
This summer's pollution of Northeastern beaches and coastal waters is only the latest signal that the planet's life belt, as Cousteau calls the ocean, is rapidly unbuckling.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yes,” said Doge, clutching at Harry’s question like a drowning man at a life belt.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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