In a MOB situation the lifebuoy is the most important item of first intervention. From Wordnik.com. [YBW News] Reference
But a man does not throw himself into the sea just because there is a lifebuoy handy. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
At seven-twenty-five I closed right up and drifted down a lifebuoy to them, carrying a light line. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Night] Reference
The best option for British taxpayers would have been to let the bank sink or swim without a financial lifebuoy from the state. From Wordnik.com. [The Darling Follies] Reference
Plameology is a lifebuoy to those of us who have living nightmares about war in Iran — a hope that there is some justice somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Oh Wow] Reference
Enter the dog: attached to the rope, he swims to the person in trouble with a lifebuoy, and the drowning person can then be towed to safety. From Wordnik.com. [Can Your Cat Do This?] Reference
Her optimism, that lifebuoy of hope that kept her floating above the reality of the marriage, seemed insubstantial in the face of the force that was her husband. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
"They're a bit like a lifebuoy in the rough seas.". From Wordnik.com. [The Canberra Times] Reference
Away went the captain, and in a few minutes back came the lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorogood Family] Reference
Then the stout Coastguardsman absolutely lifted him into the lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorogood Family] Reference
'Welcome of Rochester,' said Starboard, reading the name on a lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Coot Club]
David McWilliams: Sinking in sea of bad debt despite a €440bn lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
They both hung on securely to the lifebuoy, and felt little or no exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Commanders] Reference
At 10am the sailboat was again alongside and the crew managed to transfer a lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The hawser is a thick rope, or cable, to which the lifebuoy is suspended when in action. From Wordnik.com. [Battles with the Sea] Reference
A signal having been again given with the lantern, the lifebuoy was drawn swiftly to land. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorogood Family] Reference
The girl, still clinging to the lifebuoy that had been thrown to her, was drawn rapidly on board. From Wordnik.com. [The Port of London Murders]
Our hero seized the two little girls and put them into the bag which hung from the circular lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorogood Family] Reference
Not a boat, a spar, a lifebuoy, was cast up by the waves to yield faintest trace of the lost steamer. From Wordnik.com. [The Wings of the Morning] Reference
Yesterday's decision in Citizens United, though it was sorely needed, has been seized like a lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Ace of Spades HQ] Reference
One of the oars had been broken, and another was carried away while we were trying to haul in the lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.] Reference
They did not think life-preserving worth the expenditure of a few shillings, so there was no lifebuoy to be found. From Wordnik.com. [The Lifeboat] Reference
If you were drowning and had three fingers out of the water, McCain would hand you a lifebuoy, a fifty pound lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
And, lastly, a memento of melancholy interest turned up, in the shape of a lifebuoy, with a corked bottle attached to it. From Wordnik.com. [Armadale] Reference
"I can give you each one more turn with the lifebuoy, and then I shall expect you to hold one another up, and try by yourselves.". From Wordnik.com. [The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life] Reference
Just imagine you have fallen overboard and a few seconds later you see the crew throwing a lifebuoy towards you - gives you hope. From Wordnik.com. [YBW News] Reference
With a yell he went overboard, and, being no swimmer, would have drowned had not one of the blue-coated officers flung a lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference
Before the lifebuoy had gained the shore it was plunged into the sea, out of which it no longer rose, the support of the wreck being gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorogood Family] Reference
The weather, contrary to expectation, again moderated; Desmond thought that even now they ought to put back, and try to find the lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Commanders] Reference
The person to be hauled ashore is to get into this sling, thrusting his legs through the breeches, and resting his armpits on the lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lifeboat] Reference
The lifebuoy had been let go. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.] Reference
A boat would be near, a lifebuoy. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
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