1. The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew.

2. I didn't want to be accused of name-dropping.

3. I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I'm name-dropping.

4. One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school'sparents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.

5. He had served on numerous civic committees and dabbled on the fringes of politics, mainly at the name-dropping level.