Dropped

Examples

• I was attending a little patient in the college near, said he, and saw it dropped out of his chamber window, and so came to pick it up. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her head dropped on the cushions; and she burst out crying. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Throw them down, he said, and she dropped them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• With these words, the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Then the chin dropped musingly upon the hand again. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then as the horse pitched down he had dropped down behind his warm, wet back to get the gun to going as they came up the hill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The shots from our little gun dropped in upon the enemy and created great confusion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Only two or three evolutions had been gone through when he dismissed the battalion, and, turning to go to his own quarters, dropped dead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There, Mrs Clennam dropped upon the stones; and she never from that hour moved so much as a finger again, or had the power to speak one word. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There were a thousand lives to save, but it was of only one that I was thinking when I dropped over the wall that night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He pointed behind him at the boat, and gasped to that degree that he dropped upon the stones to get his breath. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The servant who had followed me staggered back shuddering, and dropped to his knees. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She plucked and tore at her arms for a little time; but I held her hands, and she soon dropped off. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr. Tupman counted the money into his companion's hand, and he dropped it piece by piece into his pocket, as they walked towards the house. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, masked his emotions with a sneeze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She casually dropped a remark about having arranged to fetch some article or other. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• At that moment, Mistress Affery (of course, the woman with the apron) dropped the candlestick she held, and cried out, 'There! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Holmes stepped up to the window, closed it, and dropped the blinds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Osborne dropped it with the bitterest, deadliest pang of balked affection and revenge. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They have all, after a short season of promise, dropped out of notice; and the only one that is still in the field, struggling for superiority, is the air engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It is compared to the wavelets produced by a stone dropped in w ater, only that in the case of sound the waves are not confined to one plane. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He must have dropped in his death-swoon--he must have sunk in the place where he was found--just as I got on the roof to break the skylight window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have lifted it for a moment, even in this narrative, with a reluctant hand, and dropped it gladly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He dropped back, so as to let me get on a level with him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was waiting at Granny's, and Ellen came alone, and said she had dropped you on the way because you had to rush off on business. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Few rustic paths are wide enough for five, and Bella and the Secretary dropped behind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Editor: Martin