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

“Who would have thunk it would be so simple? It was a fluke,” Harris, now 79, told The Times in a recent interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

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

When he was standing next to her, he flipped it out in front of him and Bridge heard something go thunk when it hit the roof.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead