life vest

noun

: life jacket

Examples of life vest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The department urged swimmers to wear life vests or other appropriate personal floatation devices while on or near the lake. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Despite that, Hernandez allegedly instructed one parent to wear a life vest and hold the baby throughout the tour. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The dogs, sporting their colorful life vests, stood ready on their surfboards and were assisted by human participants, who spotted the best wave to carry the board to the beach. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

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

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