overboard

How To Use overboard In A Sentence

• Kampke was blown overboard off the footrope that ran under the yard, as he stood there hauling in on the sail. Tramping on Life
• He goes overboard about every young woman he meets.
• With a foul bottom we're only making 5 knots and I can't turn quickly enough, so we do a flying gybe, break a spreader on the main, almost throw the guests overboard, lose some cushions, douse sails, and tuck into Lameshur Bay, St. John.
• The officers of the xebecs knew they couldn't outmaneuver or outrun the British so they decided to scuttle their craft, toss their armament overboard and escape on foot to the north.
• Warner Brothers included some nice extras, but didn't go overboard on the unnecessaries you'll really only watch once.
• Swept Overboard is scheduled to make just two more starts before heading to Japan for stud duty at Shadai Stallion Station.
• Blaming their own ignorance, they recount how in the past they would pump oil overboard or let oil collect in their boat's bilges.
• The pressed men looked very sulky and angry, and eyed the shore as if even then they longed to jump overboard and swim for it; but the sentry, with his musket, at the gangway was a strong hint that they would have other dangers besides drowning to contend with should they attempt it. True Blue
• And say, ‘Let's get a hustle on back down backstairs, this wind is about to blow us both overboard!’
• If she falls overboard, she has a transmitter fitted to her belt that can send a signal to release a liferaft from B&Q.