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Sentences starting with drop

Drop McClure a line and tell him the same. [5]
Drop me an immediate line about this, won't you? [5]
Drop the cruel harshness which so strangely and painfully contradicts the language of your glances the evening of the last dance. [10]
Drop him?--he answered,--I ha'n't took him up yet. [6]
Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do that's got some dignity to it! [5]
Drop it out. [5]

Sentences ending with drop

Then he pulled up sudden, and it got so quiet you could 'a heard a pin drop. [11]
He swooped down to within thirty or forty feet of the lake, and stopped right over the center, and sung out: "Leggo, and drop! [5]
He lived up to his creed, for he had ever held his own life as a bird upon a housetop, which a chance stone might drop. [11]
He shies from the road with a leap, the man falls backwards into the wagon, and the reins drop. [11]
The Butcher took the first manuscript that came to hand, read a stanza here and there, turned over the leaves, turned back and tried again,--shook his head--held it for an instant over the basket, as if doubtful,--and let it softly drop. [6]
It was said that Prince Vasili and the old count had turned upon the Italian, but the latter had produced such letters from the unfortunate deceased that they had immediately let the matter drop. [2]
It was funny," she added irrelevantly, "but the more worn out we were at night, the more we'd want a little excitement, and we used to go to the dance-halls and keep going until we were ready to drop. [9]
If the lady receiving the call desires a further acquaintance, she must return the visit within two weeks; to neglect it beyond that time means "let the matter drop. [5]
Then he got out his bottle of whisky and said that whether he lived or died he would never touch another drop. [5]
Pierre swung round on the bench, leaning upon the other elbow, and, cherishing his cigarette, presently continued: "She had come far and was tired to death, so stiff that she could hardly get from her horse; and the horse too was ready to drop. [11]

Short sentences using drop

Not a drop was left. [10]
But let's drop the matter. [5]
So let's drop that. [9]
That is only a drop. [5]
Not a drop! [5]
Drink it--every drop. [11]

Sentences containing drop two or more times

And I'm telling you nothing but the unvarnished truth when I say that not one single drop of rain fell on me--not a single drop, sir! [5]
She did not weep passionately, but the big salt drops welled slowly from her eyes and ran down her young cheeks, as drop after drop of shining sap flows down the trunk of a wounded birch-tree. [10]
Such a tumult was generally odious to her retiring nature; but to-night she felt herself merely one drop in the great, flowing river, of which every other drop felt the same impulse which was carrying her forward to her destination. [10]
As nuns drop their birth-names and become Sister Margaret and Sister Mary, so high-bred people drop their personal distinctions and become brothers and sisters of conversational charity. [6]
Breathless he caught the hand of his son and held it over the phial, speaking coaxingly to him while drop after drop of the red life blood trickled into the elixir. [10]
Blood for blood is a great matter; and I used to wonder if it would not be terrible for a man to see his death coming on him drop by drop, like that. [11]
The ills that I have undergone in this life have been dealt out to me drop by drop, and I have tasted all their bitterness. [4]
No fishing, no boating; nothing but drop, drop, and the reminiscence of past pleasure. [4]
She saw him after he waked look watchfully round, quietly take a wine-glass, and let the liquid come drop by drop into it from the point of his forefinger. [11]

More example sentences with the word drop in them

Now go to your window, if it is a still day, open it, and let the half-sheet of paper drop on the outside. [6]
If you see your way to meet us in New Orleans, drop me a line, now, and as we approach that city I will telegraph you what day we shall arrive there. [5]
Do you think you'd have time to drop in to see me, Minnie, before your train goes? [9]
Do not--I entreat you; drop the subject or else. [10]
I would advise you to drop in there some time when you have nothing to do for--five minutes--if you have never been there: It seems to me the noblest monument that this nation has yet erected to her greatness. [5]
In this way you have at once a cheerful blaze, and the fire gradually eats into the solid mass, sinking down with increasing fervor; coals drop below, and delicate tongues of flame sport along the beautiful grain of the forestick. [4]
For a moment you could have heard a pine needle drop on the stoop. [9]
But the shot wouldn't hurt anybody, it would only drop into your hand. [5]
The swell people wouldn't call anybody but themselves 'clean,' and those others would drop sort of meekly into their way of talking and they wouldn't call themselves clean. [5]
Her pious heart would run her little head against the wall if matters came to that and, like the noble Moorish steeds, she would drop dead in her tracks rather than stop. [10]
Often Mr. Carvel would run across one which seemed to bring some incident to his mind; for he would drop it absently on his desk, his hand seeking his chin, and remain for half an hour lost in thought. [9]
Sellers, but he would drop everything and go to Washington. [5]
It is his work if she cleaves to the religious belief of her people, if she who is a Hellene to the last drop of blood loves Egypt, and is ready to make any sacrifice for her independence and grandeur. [10]
They drop a word or a phrase--they do not know how cruel it is--or give a look--they do not know how cold it is--and are gone without a second thought about it; but it sinks into the woman's heart and rankles there. [4]
The comic efforts with which he moved his tongue made her drop her eyes and with difficulty repress the sobs that rose to her throat. [2]
Therefore go on with the other details, and drop this one from your list. [5]
I've seen us with pearls on board worth a thousand quid, and not a drop of water nor three square meals in the caboose. [11]
Forty eight guns with ammunition have been sent him from here, and his Serene Highness says he will defend Moscow to the last drop of blood and is even ready to fight in the streets. [2]
To drop in with a poor little moral at the fag-end of such a gorgeous massacre was like following the expiring sun with a candle and hope to attract the world's attention to it. [5]
The travelling musicians who, to save a few pennies, had begun to eat bread, cheese, and radishes, instead of the warm meals provided for the others, let their knives drop and set down the wine-jugs. [10]
I'll settle millions where they ought to be settled, drop Wall Street, and--go into training. [11]
It was late when he left the house, but he took with him a note to Mr. Sage to drop into the box for morning delivery. [4]
So we reckoned we would drop down into the lion market and see how we could make out there. [5]
But towards daylight we got it all settled satisfactory, and concluded to drop crabapples and p'simmons. [5]
On this point we fully agree with the Judge, and when he shall show that his policy is better adapted to prevent amalgamation than ours, we shall drop ours and adopt his. [7]
Happy we if we can follow Honora, and we must be prepared to make many friends and drop them in the process. [9]
So he said we better have breakfast, and then drop down and inquire the quickest way to London. [5]
A drop of water, imprisoned in a crystal; you may see such a one in any mineralogical collection. [6]
No drop of water shall cheer thy soul in dying! [11]
William Ferguson's mother was so astounded that she let her gin-bottle drop, and her profane lips refused to do their office. [5]
To him I was no more than a moth fluttering in the candle, to drop dead a moment later. [11]
I knew he was going to drop corn along in front of Joan now. [5]
I thought Tull was goin' to drop, an' that little frog-legged cuss, he looked some limp an' white. [13]
When her schooling was finished she let her school friends drop, and came back to Bonaventure, rather stately, given to reading, and little inclined to bother her head about anybody. [11]
At last Wyndham was able to drop into the narrow channel, now dry, through which, when the sluice was open and the sakkia turned, the water flowed to the house. [11]
If Heaven had vouchsafed him a miracle, it was done to preserve his life that--as Eva desired--he might fight to the last drop of his blood for the Church, his holy faith, and the beloved Emperor. [10]
Generally get some visiting lady, when there's one round, to drop the Go-devil. [8]
But now let us suppose we take one single drop of the Tincture of Camomile, and that the whole of this were to be carried through the common series of dilutions. [3]
Well, time's about up--must drop a line to Aldrich. [5]
It was eagerly, unsatisfiably interested; it rioted in the combinations; you implored it to drop the game and let you get some sleep? [5]
Life--here was life unpoisoned by one drop of ill thought or light experience. [11]
He did not understand the motion, until he saw a cent drop in the road at his feet. [4]
John Wagner is two years older than the Rhode Island veteran, and yet has never tasted a drop of liquor in his life--unless-unless you count whisky. [5]
It was quite true that Mr. Arthur Rangely had asked Victoria to drop him at the Inn. [9]
And gray old trees of hugest limb Shall wheel their circling shadows round To make the scorching sunlight dim That drinks the greenness from the ground, And drop their dead leaves on her mound. [6]
He is almost too much excited to drop the snare into the water without making a noise. [4]
Each drop tried to spread out and occupy as much space as possible, but others striving to do the same compressed it, sometimes destroyed it, and sometimes merged with it. [2]
I want you to repeat after me these words: 'I do solemnly swear that I will not throw a card, or drink a drop of liquor while I am gone. [5]
Or I myself--yes, to make certain, I will drop a note to my journalistic friend, M. Noir--" "Oh, come to think of it, you may save yourself the trouble; that other second has informed M. [5]
They expect me to hide, and drop out of the game. [11]
Should he go to headquarters next day and challenge that affected adjutant, or really let the matter drop, was the question that worried him all the way. [2]
Many were beginning to drop their heads and shut their eyes, in anticipation of the usual petition before a meal; some expected the music to strike up,--others, that an oration would now be delivered by the Colonel. [6]
She requires me to drop the lecture platform out of my mind and go straight ahead with Joan until the book is finished. [5]
He would have to drop out the chief characters; the public would say such people are impossible. [5]
He would have to drop out a number of the most picturesque incidents; the public would say such things could never happen. [5]
I was bursting to drop just one little remark to my companion, but I held in and waited. [5]
So he began to drop into a drowse once more, at last; and all at once he felt that mysterious touch again! [5]
Then we begin to drop in here, three days before she's due, to encourage him up, and ask if he's heard from her, and Saturday we all come and fix up the house with flowers, and get everything ready for a dance. [5]
I have nothing to do with the book--if I did I would have the two book hands do more work than they do, or else I would drop it. [5]
I haven't whispered to a soul--not a word--have had my countenance under lock and key, for fear it might drop something that would tell even these animals here how to discern the gold mine that's glaring under their noses. [5]
Must it some time or other be moistened with tears, until it comes to life again and begins to stir in our consciousness,--as the dry wheel-animalcule, looking like a grain of dust, becomes alive, if it is wet with a drop of water? [6]
Well, time and time again it has seemed to me that I must drop everything and flee to Switzerland once more. [5]
He watched her till he saw her drop her face in her hands; then, opening the door and stealing out, he came and laid a hand upon her shoulder, and she heard him say: "Rosalie! [11]
Thus he learns --thus we learn--to drop the streaked and speckled globes of falsehood and to hold fast the white angular blocks of truth. [6]
By law, one thousand dollars of this was exempt from income tax--the only relief I could see, and it was only a drop in the ocean. [5]
On some of those mountains, to the southwest, it had been raining every day for two weeks, but not a drop had fallen in the city. [5]
At your age this miserable scrap of meat is a mere drop of water on a red-hot stone. [10]
A bereavement of this kind gives one a glimpse of the feeling those must have, who have seen all drop round them--friend after friend, and are left to end their pilgrimage alone. [14]
In the first thirty minutes there was a tremendous drop in Henderson stocks. [4]
We'll drop this thing for to-day, and play. [5]
With one accord they rose in their places and swore over bread and a drop of blood of their chief that they would not sheathe their swords again till a thousand of Boonda Broke's and the Dakoon's men lay where their own kinsmen had fallen. [11]
Little by little they drew to the edge of the rock, from which there was a sheer drop of two hundred feet. [11]
Once they got there, I had to carry them all on, I couldn't drop any of them; they got to be my life. [11]
At nine o'clock there was a pull at the bell that threatened to drag the wire out, and an insignificant little urchin appeared with a telegram, which frightened Miss Forsythe, and seemed to Margaret to drop out of heaven. [4]
Aleck added: "Now then, drop that notion out of your mind, and don't ever meddle with it again. [5]
I never let them drop behind me, for I did not trust their treacherous natures. [11]
If not, drop them and try others. [9]
Most lives, though their stream is loaded with sand and turbid with alluvial waste, drop a few golden grains of wisdom as they flow along. [6]
Would you drop the war where it is? [7]
We will drop the subject with one remark for the benefit of whom it may concern. [4]
It was in the smoking-room that Henderson and Mavick fell into an interesting conversation, which resulted in an invitation for Mavick to drop in at Henderson's office in the morning. [4]
But something of the same fever in a different form reaches a good many non-combatants, who have no thought of losing a drop of precious blood belonging to themselves or their families. [6]
I can stop the run on his bank and the drop in his stock. [11]
I have filled the phial with water and a drop of aromatic myrrh. [10]
A drop of the paternal blood must have found its way into the mixture. [10]
Let us drop the Mississippi's physical history, and say a word about its historical history--so to speak. [5]
We would start the men, and all would go well till the yawl would bring up on a heavy cake of ice, and then the men would drop like so many ten-pins, while Brown assumed the horizontal in the bottom of the boat. [5]
Then he see the little gold picture on the floor which some drunk young officer drop, and he pick it up and look at it, and walk again. [11]
Then I drained the last drop and stood up. [11]
The idea of the Indians is to drop softly and secretly from the arched sapling to the dwelling as the ark creeps along under it at the rate of a mile an hour, and butcher the family. [5]
You would divest the impressive drop of water on the mountain summit, which might go to the Atlantic or to the Pacific, of all moral character by saying that it makes no difference which ocean it falls into. [4]
Jethro's drop to the ground broke the sudden trance into which his words had thrown her. [11]
From this to the end of the resolution, there is nothing that merits attention--I therefore drop the particular examination of it. [7]
If he got the drop on me, I could name the corpse. [5]
It was then the custom for ladies to spend the day with one another, bringing their sewing; and sometimes, when I unexpectedly entered the sitting-room, the voices of my mother's visitors would drop to a whisper. [9]
The leaves of the cottonwoods drooped, as if they had foretold the doom of Withersteen House and were now ready to die and drop and decay. [13]
The flesh on the corpse was not as thick as the back of a knife, and incisions in it brought not one drop of blood. [5]
Let him shape the conversation to suit himself--let him drop it or change it whenever he wants to. [5]
Come along, there's the bell: they're going to drop him. [11]
I'll make out the ballot, and all you'll have to do is to drop it in the box. [9]

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