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

As Tiller reached up, he heard a thunk, thunk, followed by a sharp crack, followed by a long whoosh and crunch and a voice shouting, “Tim-berrr!”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech