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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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.
—Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
In lieu of wimpy melodramatics, Boone picks up the pace — the drums thudding along like the soundtrack to an aerobics-workout video — and the fun.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 June 2025
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Noun
In its new stage form—with a book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin and music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez—those gaps of time make no difference to the force with which the looming presence of ICE in the life of its characters lands with a cruel thud in the chest.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.
—Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Verb
Between the crackle of sparklers and the whistle of bottle rockets, another rhythm pushed through the night — a deep, steady bass line, thudding like a second heartbeat from somewhere down the block.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
In lieu of wimpy melodramatics, Boone picks up the pace — the drums thudding along like the soundtrack to an aerobics-workout video — and the fun.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 June 2025
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“Thud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thud. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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thud
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: a dull sound : thump sense 1
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