thuddings

We heard thuddings and a dark form climbed the back windshield.

Nicholas Brown: Diary of an Aspiring New Yorker: Jan. 31st, 2008 2008

And the cryings of the humans came nearer, and the thuddings of the great feet.

The Night Land 2007

As the faint thuddings of the heavy maul reached the cockpit, he turned to the pilot.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

The heartbeats of the near-decanting babies were loud and strong compared to the softer thuddings of the two-month-old fetuses.

Eve's Rib Chandler, Bryn 1989

There was a pause in which the silence within the house brought out the different themes composing the rich harmony of the rain, the steady, resonant downpour on the roof, the sweet whispers of the dried grass under the torrent, the muted thuddings of the big drops on the beaten earth of the veranda floor, and the hurried liquid overflow of the eaves.

The Squirrel-Cage Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

And the cryings of the humans came nearer, and the thuddings of the great feet.

The Night Land: Chapter 11 1912

There is a thick dust of sounds in the air, a rumble of shafting, sudden thuddings, clankings, and M. Citroen has to raise his voice.

War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war 1906

By shovelfuls - thud thuddings, the Baltimore crows

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