are thumping
- present progressive of thump.
Example Sentences
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It’s a Thursday night and West Coast rap anthems are thumping over the sound system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Gargoyles and other blackened edifices of Parliament are thumping to the ground.
From Economist ● Jul. 16, 2015
Historians, diplomats and politicians are thumping their heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mr. Lyamshin, excuse me, but you are thumping so that no one can hear anything," observed the lame teacher.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Loud in the nearest camp the little drummers and fifers are thumping away at "Bonnie Lass o' Gawrie."
From A War-Time Wooing A Story by King, Charles
