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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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2026
Joe threw Ospreay into the barricade to the sound of a sickening thud.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
Boots thudded against hardwood and then started up the stairs.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Come summer, the house settles into a familiar rhythm—one marked by shade, conversation, and the soft thud of falling fruit.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2026
Joe threw Ospreay into the barricade to the sound of a sickening thud.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Verb
The mantra is set against the kind of thudding club beat that defined the earliest phases of her career.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
Boots thudded against hardwood and then started up the stairs.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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thud
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: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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