thud
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The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Many solid aerospace and defense earnings landed with a thud, with investors worried about the sector outlook amid rising energy prices.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Drums thud behind him as supporters chant his name.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The ground shudders as a loud thud rolls through the colony.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
He has since returned to training at his Tokyo stable, where the bone-crunching thuds of wrestlers colliding echoes around the walls six mornings a week.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Since arriving, we've been hearing soft thuds and knocks from that side of the building.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
You constantly hear dull thuds, almost like doors closing.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
The slap of our sneakers switches to thuds when we start the dirt course, and two long-limbed track runners with Hempstead College singlets gallop by.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Sixty-six-year-old Jose Pena hid in the bushes as two Ecuadoran military helicopters thudded overhead.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
As Mesidor and Bain have thudded their way through the first two rounds of the playoff, Miami’s pass rush has reduced some of college football’s most explosive offenses to little more than firecrackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Fernandes flicked a first-half free-kick off the crossbar and Amrabat's long-range effort thudded against the other one after the break.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
The inflation report thudded onto Wall Street along with a batch of other data painting a mixed picture of the economy.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
My heart thudded, stuttered, and then picked up again in double time.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
The propulsive groove on “Another Life” evokes a thudding drum break pulled from a dusty groove pressed in the early ’70s, as Ms. Howard sings forcefully, moving between a curling falsetto and a feral howl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Williams had no problem approaching the devastating service speed of her glory days, thudding down one unreturnable delivery that reached 120mph late in the first set.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
In “1984,” Big Brother survives by wielding absolute power; freedom is flattened by the thudding steps of a goose-stepping soldier and by language that makes those steps seem necessary.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Neo-soul lyrics call out a toxic man as a thudding baseline hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
My eyes fall like a pine cone to the ground, my pulse thudding.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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