thwack

The truck, which serves Mexican food, was parked across from a two-story home under construction, where the clang of hammers and thwack of nail guns sent echoes through the canyon.

Only then can he thwack the ball toward his opponent.

Over the lapping of the waves, and the thwack thwack of paddle games on the beach, a sound cuts through - a sudden deep boom.

Outside his bare apartment, he could hear the cries of children who are not his, the thwack of a ball from a game he is not playing, the voices of men speaking to friends he does not have.

While seeing “The Color Purple” earlier this month, I noticed the audience members gasped at the thwack sound when young Celie is first struck across the face after getting married and coming into Albert “Mister” Johnson’s home.