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    1. How would they know it was me? Might they not think that the guards had cottoned-on to them and were playing a joke? Were they even now expecting the doors to slam open and the night air to be filled with the dull thud of fists and boots and wooden stocks?


    2. There is a thud on the carpet


    3. She, a voice, a thud of emotion,


    4. and the dull thud of lead on bullet proof vests


    5. As they uttered the very first word of the ceremony the most horrendous wailing drowned out their massed voices and the air was filled with the thud and boom of bass notes and percussion


    6. will meet the ground with a painful thud, yet we could


    7. For all of his on-screen thud and blunder, our movie star was not


    8. The trishul entered Omi's stomach with a dull thud


    9. Matai fell with a thud and the beetles began to swarm over his body immediately


    10. their massed voices and the air was filled with the thud and boom

    11. Rather than the thud of a root, the blow created a sharper sound,


    12. Except for the birds, the only sound was the thud of the spades slicing the earth and the dull splat of the soil as it was heaped on the side


    13. its momentum to carry Brunno to Jack; the two collided with a dull thud


    14. He realises as he listens to the dull rubber soled thud of his feet on the road, as he moves in time with the beat of the bass line, that the monsters have never been that far away


    15. thud against the ground


    16. She gracefully passed the staff in her left hand behind her, into her right hand and brought it up as the blow landed with a thud and was stopped in mid-air


    17. The thud was a finish to her frantic dance, she felt as if she’d lost the war


    18. Matt fell many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many feet before he reached the bottom, which he hit with a very loud thud and found he could not rise for what felt like hours


    19. " she flung it on the empty table and sat down with a thud on the wooden chair


    20. With a thud the Fare Skye hit a 10-metre wave head on

    21. A nightmare of electronic components greeted them as the heavy doors closed with a slow deliberate thud behind them


    22. The thud of the avionics area’s doors echoed around the cavernous hangar


    23. John’s groan was the only sound until the dull thud


    24. felt a dull thud against the back of his head


    25. A muted thud, like a child’s book hitting the floor


    26. Alas for Tom, the arm twisted and turned in the air dipping and swirling, after all it was boomerang shaped, hitting his head with a sickening thud


    27. Her gray eyes darted to the left where a large chunk of wood levitated above the heads of the other demons, then, before they could reach her -- with an ear popping THUD!, the shard of doorway slammed to the earth, crushing them


    28. His only result a bent blade, Theodorous lumbered up and said, "Allow me, Master Ki", his battle axe falling with a heavy thud on the door


    29. the thud of beating hooves would penetrate the gloom –


    30. I had heard a thud, I thought

    31. went smoothly out, and hit the ground with a mild thud, which


    32. landing upon the earth with a thunderous thud


    33. Eventually she exhausted her power and also found the ground with a thud


    34. The sudden thud of the tankard on the table jolted Carius from his recollections


    35. Nine women fainted to the deck with a unanimous thud


    36. Danny came to rest against an outcrop of rock with a damp forceful thud


    37. There was a thud as her body collapsed completely, landing on the hard wood floor, and still neither of us moved


    38. Shamus’ knees go weak, his eyes roll up into his head, and his body crumples forward and hits the ground with a thud


    39. Fletcher closed his eyes as Chris launched himself through the air towards the opposite ledge and only reopened them when heard a soft thud


    40. There was a dull, metallic thud as the pressure door on the aft side of the tube between the two sections slid firmly into place below them

    41. I turned back to scan my area again when a shot rang out I saw Fred Elliot from the corner of my eye pitch forward off the roof and then I heard the thud as he hit the ground


    42. The sniper seemed to tumble as though in slow motion from the tree and I could swear that I heard the thud as he hit the ground though I knew he was too far off


    43. Before he had chance to speak a tremendous, dull thud seemed to strike the underside of the limousine


    44. Suddenly there was a dull thud and they were pressed into the partition momentarily as the car stopped descending


    45. The locked and barred double doors were kicked three times from the outside until the iron hinges gave way and the doors collapsed with a heavy thud!


    46. As we marched along we could hear the dull thunder of the guns sounding from the front and then every now and again a bigger thud as the larger calibre guns took over


    47. He slammed Raven’s head down again, his forehead hitting the concrete floor with a sickening thud


    48. She literally ran up my leg, using her claws to dig into my flesh, and then jumped off out into space, landing with a thud in the living room below


    49. The gate was far too high for the small pony to jump and its forelegs clipped the top rail, twisting its body sideways, throwing it to the ground with a sickening thud


    50. Terry slammed into the couch, tipping it onto its back, bouncing off and landing against the wall with a thud












































    1. Again she heard the scream, cut off abruptly as he thudded onto the rock below


    2. The machines coughed and spluttered, then surged into life, roaring and screeching they ambled forward taking the Clothiers fencing down in one concerted hit, then thudded on through the grass paddocks towards Dort Valley crossroads


    3. The ladders thudded up against the fence


    4. By the time its four sturdy landing feet thudded onto the rocks, Jenny had to cover her mouth and shield her eyes from the swirling dust


    5. By the time it thudded onto the carpet, he was on her, his hand around her neck


    6. A throwing knife thudded into his chest


    7. His boots alternately clacked or thudded as he crossed back and forth over a thin rug


    8. The door thudded shut


    9. Her heart thudded in wild panic


    10. She felt the resistance of the tumblers, and her heart thudded in her chest

    11. Kay’s heart thudded in her chest, and she looked out over the expanse


    12. The machines bleeped furiously and my heartbeat thudded in the same rhythm


    13. My heart thudded deep in my chest, and a strange rush of adrenal juices shot through me


    14. The floor thudded like a kettledrum as they ran, and the walls reverberated as if terrified by the hysterical war cries of three wild humans


    15. Bubbles erupted from all around his body as his true body thudded to the


    16. defiance and then screamed out in agony when a wave of energy thudded into it, ripping


    17. engine in her chest and her heart thudded against her ribs with fear


    18. My heart thudded in my chest as I searched for them


    19. His heart thudded wildly and he swallowed down bile


    20. And walnuts thudded ripe on soft black mould

    21. Several bolts thudded into the closing door as the bag of red crystals skidded across the floor and amongst the men


    22. Titus pulled Athene to the ground as the body thudded into a large pine tree behind them, sending a large shower of dislodged snow over them


    23. Instinctively pushing out with his shield, the second blade thudded against its iron rim


    24. Tress’s throwing knife thudded into the man’s dark hood, sending him reeling backwards to the ground


    25. Footsteps thudded and stopped with heavy finality


    26. It was gratifying to know for sure that he’d been right in his assumption that she and Scar were one and the same, but Tristan’s thoughts were pulled away from Scara abruptly when an arrow thudded into the ground at his feet


    27. As they swept past the black mouth of a gorge that opened into the Pass, a javelin swished through the air and thudded home behind the stallion's straining shoulder


    28. The Irakzai's head tumbled from his shoulders and thudded heavily on the black marble floor


    29. Bullets thudded into the roof as they pushed inside


    30. Even as they yelled and dug their heels into the animals' bellies, bullets thudded eerily into the stable building

    31. The arrow thudded into the branch below where the ‘coon had been watching them


    32. My heart thudded in rapid successions when the 8 halfers malfunctioned


    33. Another bullet thudded into the door, this time


    34. The feathered creatures squawked as several of their company thudded against the side and spiralled, unconsciously, to their deaths


    35. Again, he hit it against the metal shelf, where it thudded dully


    36. creature thudded to the floor instantly, dead before it landed


    37. Something thudded to the ground maybe ten meters away from him as he was cautiously raising his head again


    38. and thudded into the Bosses office door


    39. His heart thudded in his chest as he made the secret knock at the secret door


    40. The arrow thudded into

    41. His boots thudded with each stride


    42. easy two grand, all of a sudden, thudded into


    43. His heel thudded


    44. From his upside-down vantage Durstan watched Jeeter’s feet disappear over the tailgate, and he thudded to the floorboards as the log rolled off the his bar


    45. Questions flitted through his mind as his bare feet thudded their pace across the darkened plain


    46. Poison-tipped quills thudded into his arms, chest, and legs


    47. His breath came faster and his pulse thudded in his ears


    48. Clayton’s heart thudded


    49. His breathing rasped against her ears and her heart thudded


    50. Her heart thudded so loudly she thought for once the goat’s bleating would be drowned out


































    1. ” Sam could still hear the rain thudding against the roof, but the lad seemed far away as he stroked away the water from Snags saturated coat


    2. His breath scorched her mouth, and the heartbeats that pounded against her chest could have belonged to either of them, so incredible was the thudding in her ears


    3. All she could hear was the thudding of her heart and the persistent nagging thought that had been with her ever since she heard the news of his


    4. Kay took a long breath, pressing the cheese to her chest, her heart thudding


    5. But it kept coming out wrong, so in the end I gave up, and just sat listening to the music thudding across the field


    6. He became more aware of the thudding of the engines, at the back of the ship


    7. Heart thudding, he grabbed at it


    8. He fell badly on the first step with his chest thudding on impact, and then his body swivelled slightly to one side before he rolled down two, maybe three steps until he came to a stop, his limbs sprawled at nearly impossible angles


    9. With her heart still thudding in her chest, she broke into laughter at the sight that met her eyes


    10. He did note a thudding sound, though

    11. whips that cut flesh and whirring ropes tied to stones either thudding into bodies or quickly


    12. staccato of thudding sounds as they overshot their mark


    13. helm as well, thudding just beneath the din of the ship


    14. beaten with the thudding of its wings, and I tried to lean away


    15. thudding of their feet on the soil, could feel the thumping


    16. The thudding water obscured his vision as he pulled, all the while wishing life into the stilled form


    17. thudding reverberated back – Linton was alive


    18. Rudolph raised the large brass knocker on the front door and allowed it to drop once giving a single thudding echo that passed through its kauri panel into the hallway beyond


    19. It was almost deafening with the thudding and clanking of fifty-eight picks hammering the dirt in random, and the shoveling of dirt into the dirt-carts, the loading and unloading of the crystals, and especially the machinery used to haul the crystals up the side of the two hundred foot embankment


    20. thudding heavily against the gate-post from whence she had started

    21. thudding towards him, shaking the ground as the troll approached at speed


    22. blew out the candle, and at the same moment we heard books thudding onto the floor


    23. Hiss punched Ames in the mouth, the spy’s head thudding off the driver’s window


    24. His heart was thudding so fast and hard as the ramifications unfolded in his mind


    25. herself, his heart thudding heavily


    26. There was just something about the thudding impact of a heavy weight on yielding tissue and bone


    27. I was frightened and I covered my eyes---and then there was a muffled, thudding sound, and another, and then silence


    28. Their hips moving in time to the bass beat thudding through the walls


    29. A tingling sensation surged through her and she could hear nothing but her heart thudding in her ears


    30. hollow, a tree fell thudding at his heels, and he dived to safety!

    31. After several minutes, the thudding stops


    32. Her heart was thudding in her chest, and the girl’s entire body tremored


    33. I could feel the thudding of the podium hydraulics grabbing on to the Covert vehicle


    34. The mercenaries looked at Spock, not hearing the light thudding sound from the floor between Pons legs, or noticing his stealthy footwork as he recovered his Glave


    35. Their swords reflected the sunlight as they ran, their heavy boots thudding across the turf


    36. difficult – the thudding of my pulse in my veins


    37. Amelia gulped, her heart thudding wildly


    38. violent thudding of her heartbeat in her head as it connected with the plaster, denting it


    39. slamming to the ground with a thudding noise that reached them several seconds after they saw the tower hit the ground, bounce upwards and land again


    40. hail was thudding rhythmically to the ground without any of us being peppered by it

    41. Heart thudding, she seized the cold metal of the closest shelf and braced herself for the worst


    42. And in a few minutes Paul heard his father's heavy steps go thudding over the deadening snow


    43. If I pressed my ear to his chest, his heart would be thudding, slow and strong


    44. Godwyn tried to calm his thudding heart


    45. A barge sounds its outcast horn and coal cars trundle to and fro and the regular thudding of the hauling machine reverberates through the gloom


    46. Even now Werner can hear a mechanical drumbeat thudding in the distance, first shift going down in the elevators as the owl shift comes up—all those boys with tired eyes and soot-stained faces rising in the elevators to meet the sun—and for a moment he apprehends a huge and terrible presence looming just beyond the morning


    47. That he is a man who understands the power of the German soil, who feels its dark prehistoric vigor thudding in his very cells


    48. The Russians go into the closet, and they hear the handles of mops being kicked drunkenly and a crate of dictionaries go thudding down the stairs, and then someone rattles the knob


    49. The men had crossed the bridge without looking over Then the sounds and smells were receding into the distance, the thudding of the parapet


    50. There was a rush in the air, the corporal’s arm swinging, then a fist thudding into Louie’s head



























    1. thuds and all that Lucy could see was a disembodied hoodie


    2. Sam’s body shook and I could hear the bullets striking it with dull thuds I thought I had gotten away with it but then I felt a burning sensation across my thigh as a bullet dug a furrow through it


    3. The thuds and clunks of the road-building told of their coming


    4. To the south, we could still hear pops, thuds, whunks and whacks


    5. They could hear the distant cries of procrastinators and the thuds of impacts from the siege engines


    6. Men were yelling and there were loud thuds, as an ax into wood


    7. by some deformed buffer train, the repetitive thuds ascending


    8. The young captain and his friends took over a corner of the barroom from where they sang and drank and argued the merits of beer over Salty Dogs, and Thuds over Phantoms


    9. The force com�mander, an older lieutenant colonel with squint lines fanning from his eyes, told the assembled pilots that today's force of 16 Thuds, four flights of four, was going against the rail yards outside of the Thai Nguyen steel mill


    10. Four minutes later they slid into formation with the other Pintail Thuds

    11. The pointy missiles skimmed over her head, and there were three thuds as they embedded in the shed wall behind her


    12. From where were sitting, we could hear the thuds as their bodies


    13. It thuds into the ground not a foot from me, and Colin shouts, rolling over so that I’m protected under his body


    14. But the blacks passed through an archway on the southwestern side, and they heard a series of thuds and groans


    15. The screams accompanied by thuds and snorting noises were coming from the radio


    16. The thuds continued, horribly close, behind her, on the other


    17. The sounds of intense struggle continued from below, grunts, thuds, a wheezing


    18. Her eyes bulged with fear when the large stone plates forming the floor of the tunnel started suddenly opening with loud thuds one after the other, unmasking a seemingly bottomless pit under them


    19. His heart thuds manically in his chest, his temples throbbing with each beat


    20. The tranquility of the locale is marred by the series of heavy thuds rattling the isolated cabin

    21. What? The earth shaking thuds? I hear it


    22. My heart thuds away in my chest and adrenaline prepares to course through my veins


    23. Each beat thuds within me, pounding in my ears: thumpthump, thumpthump


    24. monsters continued to fall from the sky, pounding the battlefield with loud thuds


    25. She was still muttering to herself about how much she hated us all, but some of it was obscured by dull thuds and slamming cupboard doors


    26. resounding thuds when they made contact


    27. Two more thuds and the floor shook violently


    28. The two men in the middle were the first to raise their rifles and my bullets landed with comforting thuds on their chests


    29. She spluttered and banged her head against the concrete in two dull thuds


    30. Behind him, he heard a series of muffled thuds, but

    31. He could not feel his feet but was aware of the dull thuds as his ankles and legs banged against the rocks


    32. She heard the chair scrape backward, heard a couple of thuds and footsteps


    33. Thuds and groans came from above her, then a crash and a few words of obscenities from the Captain


    34. Thuds and groans went on around him, he knew he had to get up but his body seemed locked into rigidity


    35. He is not spared the sounds: the pathetic wails of surrender that emanate from the man who lies beneath them, the thuds over his being, destroying him


    36. I closed my eyes, and one by one, I sought them out and cut them down, a chorus of cries and gasps rising and then falling as they hit the floor with sickening thuds


    37. He swung his massive, scaly hands at them, and they began to fall to the ground with dull thuds and small puffs of feathers


    38. “I mean the bumps,” she went on, “the thuds, the footsteps


    39. Ilya Petrovitch here and beating the landlady! He is kicking her, banging her head against the steps--that's clear, that can be told from the sounds, from the cries and the thuds


    40. Often Paul would wake up, after he had been asleep a long time, aware of thuds downstairs

    41. As she groped for comprehension she became aware that there was a commotion going on inside the hall: yells, bangs, thuds


    42. They followed him in silence, their feet falling in soft thuds on the thickly carpeted stairs


    43. He was well out into the great field and looking for a sight of the distant arch when he felt along the ground the first stamping thuds of the alarm


    44. She remembered the thuds and the grunting and the crying from the bedroom next door


    45. From time to time the little ones played round their parents in unwieldy gambols, the great beasts bounding into the air and falling with dull thuds upon the earth


    46. Ilya Petrovitch here and beating the landlady! He is kicking her, banging her head against the steps—that's clear, that can be told from the sounds, from the cries and the thuds


    47. I listened to Joe’s breathing, and in a while my rapid nightmare heart thuds slowed and I started drifting off


    48. Quite suddenly the barrage stopped, and the sudden silence afterwards was punctuated by a couple of strangled gurglesand thuds


    49. “What were those thuds?”


    50. THE wind swept down the rows, next morning, swaying the branches of the trees, and the windfalls dropped on the ground with soft thuds



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    Synonyms for "thud"

    clump clunk thud thump thumping crump scrunch fall plop

    "thud" definitions

    a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)


    make a dull sound


    strike with a dull sound


    make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants