thunk
Example Sentences
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I came to love the satisfying thunk of the cleaver hitting the cutting board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
The Sheriff’s Department admitted in a news release that the gun might have actually fallen out of a squad car — thunk — onto the streets of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
Not twigs, mind you, but big, heavy limbs that would fall straight down with a thunk and a shoosh of dead leaves onto my front lawn.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
And who would've thunk that at the time?
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
Harry was pleased to hear the dull thunk that meant the Bludger had found its mark.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
