life vest

noun

: life jacket

Examples of life vest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Coast Guard said the makeshift boat capsized late Sunday after a fight in which some people were severely injured by a machete, forcing the group to jump into the water despite not wearing life vests. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

The Coast Guard said the makeshift boat capsized late Sunday following a fight in which people were severely injured by a machete, leading the group to jump into the water without life vests. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

There’s also a push from the greater public health community to get funding and resources to bring life vests to beaches, Ross said. — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026

The Port of Los Angeles forklift driver was wearing a life vest and was floating away, out to sea -- cold, worried about sharks and drowning. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 Aug. 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