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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But a patient pugilist values the muffled thud of shots to the resolve.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 5 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
The teen's uncle heard a loud thud and rushed to the shed to check on the two brothers.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
But a patient pugilist values the muffled thud of shots to the resolve.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 5 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 11 May. 2026.
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thud
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: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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