Example Sentences

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Alcaraz turns around and thumps Sinner at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The drum thumps were meant to evoke their emotions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

As the beat from Azealia Banks’ “212” thumps in the background, she bounces around her tiny New York bedroom, twirling like a chemically enhanced cool girl.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Three men of the 1st Special Purpose Bohun Brigade climb into an armoured Humvee, as the sound of artillery thumps ahead in the distance.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023

He called the spirits “a Rat-revelation, the gospel that comes by taps in the wall, and thumps in the table-drawer.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock