Examples of 'fell overboard' in a sentence

Meaning of "fell overboard"

fell overboard: This phrase is typically used in a maritime context and describes the unfortunate event of someone or something accidentally falling off a ship or boat into the water

How to use "fell overboard" in a sentence

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Luke fell overboard and was presumed dead.
Probably a fisherman who fell overboard somewhere.
Nearly fell overboard when they pulled this in.
Just a few important crates fell overboard.
Seems he fell overboard and drowned.
Accidentally one of the passengers fell overboard.
Jonah fell overboard during a storm.
Natalie worries that someone fell overboard.
He fell overboard in the storm sir.
On the return voyage he fell overboard and drowned.
Tom fell overboard and drowned.
We could say she fell overboard.
He fell overboard into the sea.
Her third engineer fell overboard and drowned.
He fell overboard and was drowned.

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And a young lady fell overboard.
You fell overboard.
Maybe slipped and fell overboard.
Who fell overboard.
The stowaway that fell overboard.
And fell overboard.
A collection of visuals which fell overboard.
He probably fell overboard last night.
He must have drunk too much and fell overboard.
One of the crew fell overboard and drowned.
I can not stop picturing the moment he fell overboard.
My knife fell overboard.
They assumed he had a heart attack and fell overboard.
Probably fell overboard.
Both the captain and the first mate fell overboard.
They fell overboard.
A paint can dropped on his head and he about fell overboard.
Perhaps she fell overboard.
Simply to cut the nets before drowning if they ever fell overboard.
Tom nearly fell overboard.
And the guy punched his friend and he tripped and fell overboard.
And he just fell overboard.
Housing eight secret service agents and a special diving team in case he fell overboard.
Maybe if she fell overboard.
He and his father were at sea when a storm struck and his father fell overboard.
All my guns fell overboard.
As a gesture of thanks for saving a passenger Who fell overboard.
But he fell overboard.
I do not believe that Silver fell overboard.
Some of the sailors fell overboard into the choppy sea.
Veronica was just asking about the night that Susan fell overboard.
Then there was a blast and he fell overboard and grabbed a plank.
During the voyage there was a turbulent storm during which John Howland fell overboard.
Maybe it fell overboard.
The woman I dined with the first night was confined to sickbay after she fell overboard.

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Examples of using Fell
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One of the men fell in the water
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