thwack
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The following “RV Envy” adds the thwack of a full drum kit to the mix, and the staticky howl of the hurdy-gurdy is as hectic as a smashed window triggering a building’s alarm system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: I think what Judge Burroughs did was quite remarkable—she took a thwack at Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh in the opinion itself.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
Forget the huge thwack of decisive national victory.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Only then can he thwack the ball toward his opponent.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2024
Henry slaps him on the back with a loud thwack.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Manly Mando thwacks and snicks his way through all opponents while scarcely breaking a sweat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Over the course of four decades, Oscar-winning sound designer Richard King has accumulated a library of tens of thousands of thuds, thwacks, clacks and other original recordings, yet he’s still always searching for something new.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
No crack of bats or thwacks of balls popping into mitts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Thiem thrashed his racket with several thwacks into the hard surface as Fritz raced to a 3-0 lead, punishing the bad-luck court after a Fritz forehand dribbled over the net cord for a winner.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2018
It thwacks into my open glove, falls to the ground, and three of their runners score.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
“The shucked abalone is trimmed, butterflied, and thwacked lightly with a mallet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
When Mirren allows herself to be body-slammed, the shock of seeing the cinema’s queen thwacked into concrete makes it impossible to focus on the stakes of the scene.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
When Neil Wagner tried to bounce him, Brook cleared the front leg and thwacked the ball away, baseball-style.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
Russian jets streaked overhead and helicopters thwacked ominously.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
Jackie thwacked her forehead and said she couldn’t believe she’d never thought of that before.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Once, the frenetic thwacking of flippers was the peak of manic childhood glee.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
It was a beautiful trail, and the woods soon filled with the steady sound of boots on dirt, poles thwacking rocks and heavy breathing.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023
In the U.S. alone, somewhere between several hundred million and one billion birds die every year after thwacking into windows, many of them beckoned by interior lights.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2022
The sound of two sneaker soles thwacking a drum fill on the ground as Stubbs tried to regain his balance.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
Little kids play double Dutch in the empty lot, their braided ropes thwacking against the cold asphalt.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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