thud

The thud of fists walloping punching bags reverberates through the gym from morning until evening.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

As handled by Ms. Littman, it’s matter-of-fact, a fate that lands with a plain, inarguable thud, and devastating all the same.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

This one feels like it probably sounded really funny and smart at the table read, but it landed with a thud for the audience because the premise was so muddled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

Down below, the scrabbling of rats’ feet and the monotonous thud of the ram continued.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

He has since returned to training at his Tokyo stable, where the bone-crunching thuds of wrestlers colliding echoes around the walls six mornings a week.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Headbangers, hipsters, all languages, all ages — every demographic on Earth appears to adore his music — and so do we from the opening thuds that introduce us to his echoey, body-moving beats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

Then we hear the rotary thuds of a Unifil helicopter, patrolling the line.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023

From the ceiling she heard a thud, then three fast thuds, followed by another thud.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Sixty-six-year-old Jose Pena hid in the bushes as two Ecuadoran military helicopters thudded overhead.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

As Mesidor and Bain have thudded their way through the first two rounds of the playoff, Miami’s pass rush has reduced some of college football’s most explosive offenses to little more than firecrackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Tee shots were thudded into the big screen from a distance of 35 yards with the action switching to the short-game complex once the ball was within 50 yards of the hole.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

On the losing end was Delta Air Lines, which sank 3.5% after it gave a forecast that thudded onto Wall Street.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

It skidded across the floor and thudded against the dresser.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Williams had no problem approaching the devastating service speed of her glory days, thudding down one unreturnable delivery that reached 120mph late in the first set.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Local Facebook groups were flooded with complaints from Inuit hunters annoyed that the thudding helicopters scared away the reindeer from traditional hunting grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

In “1984,” Big Brother survives by wielding absolute power; freedom is flattened by the thudding steps of a goose-stepping soldier and by language that makes those steps seem necessary.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

This isn’t the kind of puzzle thriller in which all the elements click into place with a thudding literalism that compliments an attentive eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Her heart thudding painfully, she climbed in among the fallen branches, hauling herself through the familiar boughs at their unfamiliar angles, and balanced herself as high up as she could get.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman