Let fall

Usage examples of dropped.

As soon as the other man's noose dropped over the snake's head, he yanked back on his horse's reins, causing the animal to dig in its hooves in the soft mold and pull the rope taut.

The trail he followed changed its pattern and he guessed that the other mare had dropped to a trot.

He halted abruptly, screaming in agony, and dropped rigid to the ground.

Six times we dropped, each time a little nearer to where the land dropped off to the sea.

I was lost in fatigue and musings when suddenly Harlan's hand dropped to my shoulder.

As it was, he was directly in Sinnall's vision and his hand dropped from the door to his knife belt.

Of course, they had only spears, and swords, not rifles and -- " his voice dropped to a velvety whisper.

Ken looked at Hrrestan who nodded slowly, to the other Hrruban who dropped his jaw and smiled.

Ken dropped him with a bolt through his leg and no one else tried to turn.

When they found one that warranted a full-team investigation, they dropped a one-way transportation grid to the surface and then "ported in the appropriate personnel.

We found no trace of radiation or ion drive to tell where the ship that dropped it came from.

He had been too exhausted to straighten them out before he dropped off to sleep.

When she moved toward him he caught her hand, squeezed ii once, and then dropped it as if he shouldn't hold it-or her.

He dropped his head and began digging with the heels of his hands at eyes that hadn't seen the danger.

Todd dropped his jaw, so like a Hrruban that Kelly smothered her giggles.