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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Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
That polish doesn’t stop it from being seriously grating at times, though, especially when some of its jokes land with a thud.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
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Noun
For the past 20 days, Weinberg, a farmer and doula, has been living between the thud of Hezbollah missiles and the crack of Israeli artillery.
—Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
That polish doesn’t stop it from being seriously grating at times, though, especially when some of its jokes land with a thud.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
Footwork clatter and thudding 808s exude yearning emotion on the young producer-songwriter’s patchworked new track.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2026
Flights across the Middle East were disrupted, and air defense fire thudded over Dubai.
—Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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thud
2 of 2 noun2
: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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