thunk
Example Sentences
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Her eyes sting with tears as the petite cakes thunk to the bottom of the trash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Who would have thunk it would be so simple? It was a fluke,” Harris, now 79, told The Times in a recent interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
As Tiller reached up, he heard a thunk, thunk, followed by a sharp crack, followed by a long whoosh and crunch and a voice shouting, “Tim-berrr!”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
