Example Sentences
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He has since returned to training at his Tokyo stable, where the bone-crunching thuds of wrestlers colliding echoes around the walls six mornings a week.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
With grand banking halls based on those from Soane's building hidden off the corridor, occasional echoing thuds and bangs are the main reminder of the working nature of the building.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
You constantly hear dull thuds, almost like doors closing.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
From the ceiling she heard a thud, then three fast thuds, followed by another thud.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
