dropped

Example Sentences

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But the parcel never arrived - until Friday when it dropped through the letter box with a message from Royal Mail apologising "for any inconvenience caused".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

With the field compacted after the red flag that followed the second of two crashes at Antony Noghes, he served the penalty two laps after the restart and that dropped him out of the points.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

In April, the federal government reported that America’s total fertility rate—the number of children a woman is statistically expected to have over her lifetime—had dropped to 1.57.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He dropped to all fours and ran as one of the boars charged, his swinging tusks wiping Clare’s hind legs out from beneath him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman