thud
Example Sentences
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Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.
There were gasps from the crowd as the ball either thudded into a Glamorgan batter or the gloves of Kent keeper Steve Marsh.
From BBC
No iPhone glows disturbed the darkness, just snores and the thud of wheels, the occasional whoosh of a passing train tilting us to one side.
She faints, her body making a thud as she hits the ground.
From Literature
When the girls sat down, they did so all at once, and landed on the benches with a unified thud.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
