thumping
Example Sentences
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And what power does a nicely turned work of literary nonfiction have against “the whumping of helicopters warming up in Beverly Hills, the sound of William Morris paratroopers zipping up their jumpsuits”?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2017
He had just scampered 40 yards in pursuit of Riyad Mahrez before whumping his cutback miles over the bar with the goal gaping.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2017
Fire Helicopter One skimmed over the roofs of Fullerton, rotors whumping, and banked east, crossing the 91 freeway into a national park which from a distance appeared lush and green.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2014
As a concussive whumping sound crescendoed around them, the helicopter skimmed 100 ft. over the river, then dodged out of sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
The last helicopter went whumping ignominiously off the U.S. embassy roof in Saigon more than six years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
