How to use lifeboat in a sentence

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• Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.From the entry admirably
• After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.From the entry castaway
• The lifeboat is only boardable when inflated.From the entry boardable
• We had hit the iceberg, and it was time to person the lifeboats.2007, Brian R. Brenner, Don't Throw This Away!: The Civil Engineering Life, page 40. From the entry person
• These were hidden behind hinged bulwarks, inside false superstructures and false deck cargoes, or under dummy lifeboats.2005, Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War I: Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, →ISBN, page 956. From the entry Q-ship
• The tree did indeed grow right out of the algae, as I had seen from the lifeboat.2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi, Canongate, published 2003, →ISBN, page 260. From the entry commensal
• Come on, folks, there's plenty of lifeboats for everybody.2006, Tracie Peterson, Summer of the Midnight Sun. From the entry titanic
• The pirates threatened to kill Captain Phillips if attacked, and the result was tragicomic: the world’s most powerful navy vs. a lifeboat.2009 April 12, Robert D. McFadden, Scott Shane, “In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates”, in The New York Times, page A1. From the entry tragicomic
• As the "lunar lifeboat" neared the Earth, the hard problem loomed of how to separate the vehicles before they entered the atmosphere.1970 Sept., Steven Morris, "How Blacks View Mankind's “GIANT STEP”," Ebony, p. 35 (Google preview) (retrieved 30 July 2015). From the entry lunar lifeboat
• Jane Porter had been the first of those in the lifeboat to awaken the morning after the wreck of the Lady Alice.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 150. From the entry thwart
• A kayaker who was thrown from his boat and was being swept towards Teddington Weir was saved from a possible "fatal injury" by a brave rescue lifeboat team.2017 March 10, Richmond & Twickenham Times. From the entry kayaker
• School gyms and washrooms, primarily — but also lifeboats, smokestacks, and other daubable features on the superstructure of a Liberian oil tanker I sailed on for one summer.1998, Arthur Black, Black by Popular Demand: More Wit and Whimsy, page 5. From the entry daubable
• Pallid, shaking, panting for every breath he drew, he was slipping out of the unnoticing crowd when Cap'n Jim Trainor of the lifeboat crew called to him.1917, James A. Cooper, Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper. From the entry unnoticing
• Turning to artificial intelligence and smart tech to overhaul maritime safety, his company Zelim is working on a trio of life-saving technologies — including an autonomous, unmanned lifeboat called “Guardian.”2023 November 13, Rebecca Cairns, “This unmanned lifeboat could rescue drowning people on its own”, in CNN. From the entry unmanned

Meaning of lifeboat

1. noun A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
2. noun An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
3. verb To rescue; to carry to safety.

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Questions about lifeboat in a sentence

How do you use lifeboat in a sentence?

Lifeboat is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Admirably, he went down with his ship after the surviving crew got away in lifeboats.”

What is a short sentence with lifeboat?

“The lifeboat is only boardable when inflated.”

What does lifeboat mean?

Lifeboat means a boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).