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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Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Instead of the defensive backs letting him through and setting the ball up at the 3-yard-line, however, safety Nick Scott didn’t let his quarterback get in his end zone — and thudded the QB.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
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Noun
The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
That naturalistic, lo-fi approach might play just fine were Maxine not saddled with a heavy, thudding cancer arc.
—Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Instead of the defensive backs letting him through and setting the ball up at the 3-yard-line, however, safety Nick Scott didn’t let his quarterback get in his end zone — and thudded the QB.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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thud
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: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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