Example Sentences

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Even if someone had screamed at her, Diana was sure she wouldn’t have noticed; her ears were thudding with the sound of her pulse.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022

A concert was in full motion; the drums were thudding in my gut and longhaired musicians were banging their heads around midair.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2013

“But it was a sight we did not like, for the floes were thudding against our floeberg with increasing violence. Our temporary home was being swept away at an unpleasantly rapid rate.”

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

And now I could see the doll only vaguely and drops of moisture were thudding down upon its absorbent paper .

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

The sea arose under the growing strength of the nor'wester and soon the waves were thudding hard against the rail and the piled lumber and sending showers of spray across the deck.

From The Adventure Club Afloat by Barbour, Ralph Henry