In her mind, she saw those two poor souls swept overboard.
No, the people swept overboard were lost to their fate, whatever that might be.
Swept overboard, of course, without being either seen or heard, poor devil!
He does not want her to be swept overboard.
The captain, three mates and the crew of 28 were swept overboard.
Several men were swept overboard, and Proteus let himself go with the surge.
One of the four injured was swept overboard two miles (three kilometers) from the harbor.
The deck was washed clean of anything not made fast, and I guessed the people, too, had been swept overboard.
At night, the seas ran high and man after man was swept overboard.
Moments after he left the deck, the crewman who had taken his place was swept overboard.