thump
noun
a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
was thumping
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past progressiveof thump.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Their goalkeeper was thumping it forward and the number of times he put it straight out of play.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
My heart was thumping, and before I knew it, we were driving into the town centre.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2018
He was allowed on — just as Poland’s Grzegorz Krychowiak was thumping what appeared to be a harmless back pass toward teammate Jan Bednarek.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2018
The British Army was thumping George Washington’s troops, but an outmanned Maryland regiment fought off the British long enough for the rest of the American troops to escape and fight another day.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
Before long, he was thumping around the house, thin as a string bean, swallowing buckets of food to regain the weight he’d lost.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
