The phrase "act of dropping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action or process of letting something fall or being released from a higher position.
Example: "The act of dropping the ball caused it to bounce unexpectedly."
Alternatives: "action of dropping" or "process of dropping".
The seemingly straightforward act of dropping food into a war zone can, paradoxically, help keep that war going.
The ordinary act of dropping off a friend at a hotel was made extraordinary by her intention.
"Sixty-five of them just voted with the Tories to go along in this idiotic and immoral act of dropping bombs in Raqqa.
"As the south Korean people are condemning the above-said action with indignation, the total suspension of the operation in the KIZ is little short of an act of dropping an axe on one's own foot," the propaganda announcement added.
The Chiefs immediately returned to the attack and, after the prop Rupert Harden conceded a penalty at a scrum, they again exploited Gloucester's fragile defence of the gainline with the flanker Ben White touching the ball down in the act of dropping it.
As for Mr. Le Va's diptych, "Continuous and Related Activities: Discontinued by the Act of Dropping" (1967), oy! Already a ramshackle pile of fabric pieces dumped and schlumped on the floor, it needed only a screen of dust to confer on it the look of a Samuel Beckett set.
After debate in which business groups declared it "utterly alien to America and her institutions," Congress passed the Employment Act of 1946 (dropping "Full" in a compromise), which made the federal government responsible for generating jobs and monetary stability.
Thanks to last night's vote, after your cancer returns for the third time -- racking up another $200,000 in costs to keep you alive -- your insurance company will have to commit a criminal act if they even think of dropping you from their rolls.
With his brother's encouragement he attended the Gaiety School of Acting, dropping out when he was cast as Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC television drama about a young English priest who becomes part of an Irish rural community.
The Bells, which were expected to wither away, are still standing tall, while those nimble upstarts founded in the wake of the 1996 act are dropping like flies.
The prescription of ACT dropped throughout this period from 72.9% of malaria-like febrile illness to 31.5%, reaching close equivalence to confirmed malaria (29.9% of 584873 suspect fever cases).
