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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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
Non-sterling objects produce a dull thud.
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Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Some place where the days were days and the nights fell with thudding certainty.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Noun
Beyond that, though, the Americans cannot afford to start with a thud, not with so many untrained eyes finally paying attention.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
Non-sterling objects produce a dull thud.
—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 June 2026
Verb
This music is often so simplistic—tenth-grade emo-thirst-trap-core with yearning synths, thudding drums, and maybe a lick of guitar—that a machine could do it too.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Some place where the days were days and the nights fell with thudding certainty.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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thud
2 of 2 noun2
: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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