thwacking
- present participle of thwack.
Example Sentences
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“To be real with you, some of my early stuff wasn’t the most authentic,” she says as her drummer starts thwacking a snare during sound check .
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Once, the frenetic thwacking of flippers was the peak of manic childhood glee.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
It was a beautiful trail, and the woods soon filled with the steady sound of boots on dirt, poles thwacking rocks and heavy breathing.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023
In the U.S. alone, somewhere between several hundred million and one billion birds die every year after thwacking into windows, many of them beckoned by interior lights.
From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2022
Once voices came very close, and the search party went thwacking through the cornfield.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
