DROP in a Sentence
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392 example sentences for DROP, such as:
1. Easy does it, doesn't drop the TV.
2. The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
3. The restaurant has suffered a big drop in trade.
4. As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind.
5. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
2. The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
3. The restaurant has suffered a big drop in trade.
4. As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind.
5. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
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Meanings and Examples of DROP
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drop
n. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
v. fall or descend to a lower place or level
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 As they entered it the breeze fell and a warm stillness seemed to drop from the branches with the dropping needles.
2 Half-way down there was a sudden drop, then a rise, and after that another long delirious descent.
3 She was shining black, pure African, devoted to her last drop of blood to the O'Haras, Ellen's mainstay, the despair of her three daughters, the terror of the other house servants.
4 They seemed never too busy to drop work for a fish fry, a hunt or a horse race, and scarcely a week went by without its barbecue or ball.
5 When she saw his eyes falter and drop before the long, troubled gaze of his father, a faint worry and bewilderment rose in her as to what was hidden in Ashley's heart.
6 But Scarlett saw him drop his eyes before the lazy, penetrating look Rhett gave him, and she was frightened.
7 He turned his head and gave her one look, a look that made her drop his arm and shrink back.
8 After all, Tara lay just ahead, and after the next quarter of a mile, the horse could drop in the shafts if he liked.
9 and to anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother.
10 Perhaps in the first five minutes at Bull Run when I saw the first man I killed drop to the ground.
11 But that's not a drop in the bucket to what that man has really got.
12 The faces she was seeing in the room were not faces; they were masks, excellent masks which would never drop.
13 But, perhaps if she were alone with him once more, he might drop that mask of impersonal courtesy he had worn since coming to Atlanta.
14 Handling her needle awkwardly, she jabbed it into her thumb and with a little scream of pain and annoyance that made them all jump, she squeezed it until a bright red drop appeared.
15 But as for the recently impoverished Atlanta people, they could starve and drop in the streets for all the newly rich Republicans cared.
Example Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1 There is a moment in every battle at which the least maneuver is decisive and gives superiority as one drop of water causes overflow.
2 The restaurant has suffered a big drop in trade.
3 Easy does it, doesn't drop the TV.
4 The drop of rain makes a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by of falling.
5 The policeman ordered the criminal to drop his weapon.
6 Little drops of water finally can wear stone, not because it is strong, but due to circadian won't drop pendant.
7 One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
8 Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.
9 As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind.
10 The drop hollows the stone, not by force, but by the frequency of its fall.
11 Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built.
12 I managed to carry three full glasses without spilling a drop.
13 The high winds cause the apples to drop down.
14 When you feel hurt and your tears are gonna to drop.
15 The drop in consumer spending reflects concern about the economy.