Examples of thud in a Sentence
Noun
The book hit the floor with a thud.
The ball landed with a thud.
I heard a heavy thud on the roof.
Verb
The ball thudded against the side of the house.
the snowball thudded against the side of my car
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
The big twist comes a touch too late — leaving the movie no time to deal with the ramifications of key revelations — and lands with an awkward thud.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Orioles organization has collapsed with a deadening thud.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
The big twist comes a touch too late — leaving the movie no time to deal with the ramifications of key revelations — and lands with an awkward thud.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Verb
Even shots of a fan being trampled in the ensuing stadium stampede fail to convey the thudding dread of claustrophobic desperation.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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thud
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: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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