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.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/sports/tennis/frances-tiafoe-tennis.html

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.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/noma-copenhagen-fine-dining-unsustainable/672738/?utm_source=feed

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

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-67554116?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

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.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/best-food-offering-at-sea-this-cruise-line-has-a-secret-weapon-20231018-p5edc4.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/he-was-born-to-serve-former-sc-congressman-arthur-ravenel-jr-is-laid-to-rest/article_7c204f20-983a-11ed-afcc-87d0201d66e6.html

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.

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2023/06/elemental-pixar-up-short-carls-date-ed-asner.html?via=rss

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.

Source: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/01/26/seahawks-players-not-happy-that-pete-carroll-is-not-a-coach-of-the-year-finalist/

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.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/teen-murdered-mum-frying-pan-31530253