"The day after the show closed, I felt like my shoulders dropped two inches," he said.

Then the cold weather arrived with a vengeance, dropping 12 inches of snow.

The car dropped four inches and settled against the wooden platform.

The root dropped three inches, bringing down a foot of earth from the ceiling.

The ladder had been dropped and hung just a few inches from the ground.

Tony's heart dropped three inches; he knew his own limitations.

"If the lamp had dropped six inches either way, we'd be talking a much different story."

The glass cube dropped eighteen inches and hit the floor.

The sledge had slipped and he'd dropped 3 inches down the face.

Swirling snow arrived, dropping three inches on the ground, with two more expected.