life vest

noun

: life jacket

Examples of life vest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fisherman, who has not been publicly identified, had been treading water for about two-and-a-half hours without a life vest before the three man crew of the Seal Junior found him, according to the outlets. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

The man wasn’t wearing a life vest, according to the release. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

On Saturday evening, the 3-year-old girl went into the water without a life vest, the highway patrol reported. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for life vest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed