Example Sentences

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The Packers were thumping the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon, en route to their fourth straight victory to get to 8-8.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

When last seen before their bye weeks, the Jets were beating the Bills and the Patriots were thumping the Colts.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

Huge armoured machines were thumping their way down the street now.

From Nature • Feb. 5, 2019

The masts were thumping away; but for this I cared little, the hold being full of water already.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore

It was not rough, like a sunken log, and further investigation with the poles convinced them that they were thumping the lid of the chest.

From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle