Thud

A year later, I returned to the tennis center, and Frances, now 12, had replaced the moon ball with fearsome topspin groundstrokes that shot off the court and smacked into the back fence with a thud.

But for those of us in the restaurant industry, Noma’s announcement felt less like a seismic event and more like the dampened thud of a silver spoon falling on a plush dining-room carpet.

He said: "There was this almighty thud, it was the strangest thing.

The man flings it across the stage to Rudi Sodamin… and there’s a collective intake of breath as it promptly slips between his outstretched hands and slaps, with a thunderous thud, onto the floor.

Then came the sound of the metal shovels connecting with the pile of dirt, and the thud of soil hitting the top of the casket.

There’s a nicely written moment at the end when widower Carl picks up a photo of his wife, Ellie, but it’s so out of step with the rest of this feather-light confection that it lands with a thud.

The Super Bowl favorite and his super talented team fades at the end and goes out with a thud…Pete deserves it more than McDermott.

The worried mother phoned university administrators to find out what was going out but while on the call, staff at the university heard a loud thud and screaming.

According to information, on Tuesday afternoon, people standing near the old Hamidia Hospital building heard a thud sound, creating panic in the area.

Before the opening title card even hits the screen, a car's tire flies through the big display window, shattering glass and shooting past Rachel's head before landing with a terrifying thud.

Even the moment when Ridge hit the Redeemer on Trick, the same move that put him in the hospital, felt like it landed with a thud.

Hardcastle said he then heard a thud and 'instantly stopped everything'.

Illinois’ dream season ended with a thud after a tournament run that inspired hope in Illini Nation that the school’s first national title was not just a pipe dream.

In its most aggressive Track powertrain setting, the 750S is unapologetically raw, so much so that you have to brace your neck for the forward surge between gear changes, which are violent and accompanied by a sudden thud in the back.

Only over really sharp hits does it ever thud or slap, but the tradeoff is good grip and a planted stance at all times.

Our ears pricked up when we heard the swish and thud of the morning newspaper against the front gate.

The boys landed with a striking thud as bystanders cringed and grimaced at the sound and rushed to move out the way.

The former MEP was standing at the top of the stairs of the open-top bus when he was alerted by a thud and ducked, along with a number of his supporters and journalists.

The incident played out on Egypt Street in Widnes, with the 'thud' of the victim's head hitting the ground so loud it brought neighbours out of their homes.

The iron rock’s journey from the depths of space ended with a thud in a dense pine forest, about an hour north of Stockholm, around 10 on a November night four years ago.