THUMP in a Sentence
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33 example sentences for THUMP, such as:
1. He felt a thump on his shoulder.
2. My heart was thumping with happiness.
3. Dave thumped the table in frustration.
4. The old man thumpes noisily along the passage.
5. Mulroney swept to power with a thumping majority.
2. My heart was thumping with happiness.
3. Dave thumped the table in frustration.
4. The old man thumpes noisily along the passage.
5. Mulroney swept to power with a thumping majority.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of THUMP
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thump
v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
n. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 Mary's heart began to thump and her hands to shake a little in her delight and excitement.
2 Her heart began to thump and she felt herself changing into a stiff, plain, silent child again.
3 I set perfectly still then, listening to my heart thump, and I reckon I didn't draw a breath while it thumped a hundred.
4 She heard the thump- thump of his wooden leg in the hall outside the office and then he stopped.
5 And there's a mighty difference between a living thump and a dead thump.
6 Had Eustacia received the stone full in the bosom her heart could not have given a more decided thump.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
7 I could only hear the heavy splashing thump of the stern-wheel and the patter of these things.
8 There was a loud thump, but it wasn't really a loud noise.
9 She was returning: of course my heart thumped with impatience against the iron rails I leant upon.
10 "There's more ways of killing a cat than choking him to death with butter," giggled Melanie when the whiskered old man had thumped down the stairs.
11 For a while she thumped the gates so vigorously as to set all the dogs barking; then the gates stiffly opened, and admitted this unwieldy phenomenon of the road.
12 He no longer boxed the maids' ears; he no longer thumped the landing-place so vigorously with his cane when Basque was slow in opening the door.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
13 slammed the door immediately shut, and even thumped on it with his fists as if that would shut it all the firmer.
14 Her heart acted very queerly, beating regularly for several minutes and then thumping so loudly and swiftly it almost made her sick at her stomach.
15 In spite of that last humiliation, his heart was thumping fast with triumph.
Example Sentence:
1 The bass guitar began to thump so loudly that it resonated in my head.
2 She gave the television a good thump, and the picture came back.
3 He felt a thump on his shoulder.
4 She couldn't get her breath and had to be thumped on the back.
5 He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over.
6 Dave thumped the table in frustration.
7 He was so angry that he thumped the table with his fist.
8 The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor.
9 Mulroney swept to power with a thumping majority.
10 My heart was thumping with happiness.
11 The old man thumpes noisily along the passage.