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 venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 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

Inej heard a loud thunk, the plunk and clang of gears turning.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo