Chade made a motion to forbid it, but the boy merely dropped to one knee.

When this happened she displayed no confusion but merely dropped her gaze with proper modesty.

Now she merely dropped the hood and moved on.

I merely dropped in to learn if you could lunch with me at the Cobalt Club.

I merely drop one word in passing, lest you waste your powerful intellect on such projects.

"Perhaps she had just ordered the amashkiki and merely dropped the end cards?"

The noise dropped to something merely very loud and then, very quickly, disappeared.

I don't know if I blinked or merely dropped my jaw.

The father said, "Would you object if I merely dropped a word or two in your behalf."

A few merely dropped them to the ground.