dropping
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Frank Ocean gave a divisive performance Weekend 1 before dropping off the Weekend 2 lineup.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
And while the actual amount will vary on a club-by-club basis, football finance expert Kieran Maguire believes dropping out of the top flight in 2025-26 will cost clubs an average of £100m.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Markets aren’t as dumb as they sometimes seem, and there are two good reasons for tighter central-bank policy, or in the Fed’s case dropping plans to ease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Anyone dropping off their ballot at a post office on election day should get it postmarked at the counter, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
“We have successfully completed the world’s most difficult shipwreck search, battling constantly shifting sea-ice, blizzards, and temperatures dropping down to –18C. We have achieved what many people said was impossible.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.