thud

The follow-up to the brilliant “Tattoo You” landed with a thud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Passenger Jose Cervantes told an affiliate of the BBC's US partner CBS that he heard a thud and then "I just see the right wing just on fire and like, it's exploding".

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Most auto industry first-quarter earnings landed with a thud.

From Barron's ● May 1, 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

She felt the tile of home thud back into her pocket.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

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

Mid-way through the audio, a loud explosion thuds in the background.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023

“It’s beautiful,” he adds, and my heart thuds in my chest.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

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

Webster was given out without the need for DRS after a nip-backer from Ngidi before Mulder thudded one into Head's off stump from round the wicket.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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

The boy’s heart thudded so hard he thought he might be sick, because all he could think was that something bad had happened to me.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

A thudding kick drum and a mournful sax set up “I’ll Play the Fool” before a rubbery rumba beat and swing band take over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

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

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

I stopped cold and listened, my heart thudding in my chest, beating out its own rhythm of quiet strength.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan