thud

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

As handled by Ms. Littman, it’s matter-of-fact, a fate that lands with a plain, inarguable thud, and devastating all the same.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The discrepancy makes for a uniquely unnerving experience, especially in a theater with a decent sound system, where every unexpected thud can feel like it’s creeping in closer and closer.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

It just fell out of his hand and hit the ground with a thud.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

He described spotting mysterious "orange orbs flaring up and down" when investigating "loud thuds heard in the mountains" on a test range where others had spotted UFOs in preceding days.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

Crashes, thuds, and bangs are loud, short jumbles of lots of different wavelengths.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

It turned out to be a moot point when the new results thudded into my inbox: I scored a 666 ng/dL, right in the normal range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Sixty-six-year-old Jose Pena hid in the bushes as two Ecuadoran military helicopters thudded overhead.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Inside the Principality, the noise was deafening, The head thudded, the ears split.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

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

Instead of the soaring ride he had anticipated, he made a slow, graceful half circle, heels over head, and thudded down on his back in the grass.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Hrgovic came out with renewed purpose in the ninth and landed a thudding right which sent Itauma staggering backwards, almost through the ropes.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

I stood staring at the tiny unmoving form with my heart thudding strangely against my ribs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom