thwack

Example Sentences

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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

On Everybody's Trying To Figure Me Out, she even tuned her snare drum to match the "iconic" thwack of U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

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

Only then can he thwack the ball toward his opponent.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024

Moments later there was a distant glint of sunlight on metal, followed by a muted thwack.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen