How to Use thunk in a Sentence

thunk

noun
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  • The book landed on the floor with a thunk.
  • Then again, by the same mark, the model couldn’t be called under-thunk.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
  • Little wonder the doors close with the same pleasing thunk as those on the Merc.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Who woulda thunk that a simple backlink on a website would change the world?
    — Steve Stauss, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2019
  • Uncle and nephew bonding over XXXtentacion... who'd a thunk it?
    — Dj Bizzon, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2017
  • Would the ratchety ker-thunk of mid-aughts Campagnolo feel like going back to a flip phone?
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 23 May 2021
  • In today's Scream, all the doors lock shut with a reassuring thunk via smartphone app.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The optional self-opening doors welcome the driver with an eerily silent sweep, then seal you in with a gentle thunk.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2021
  • In the quiet of evening, after competition has ended, the venue echoes with a scudding sound of practice throws and the heavy thunk of takeouts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Brightly colored targets downrange bore the brunt with a muffled thunk.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The pick planted with a reassuring thunk, locking into the ice.
    — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Who woulda thunk 10 years ago that the biggest trend maker of our generation would be the eyebrow?
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Office talk died down soon enough, and the only sounds were the wind rippling through still-young corn stalks and the thunk-slide repetition of spades being thrust into dirt.
    — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, 5 June 2018
  • There is the thunk of a bowl filled with schlag landing on a bare wood table when dessert is served, and soon after, the softer tap-tap-tap of waxy chocolate coins in gold foil dropped one at a time on top of the check.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Hounds bay, horses tumble, and riders hit the ground with spectacular thunks.
    — June Thomas, Slate Magazine, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Voices and polka music filter into the cool evening air, punctuated by the dull thunk of boots on wooden steps.
    — Kate Siber, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
  • There is something assuring and memorable about grabbing the large steering wheel, sliding the shifter through its gates, gliding over rough roads and feeling the secure thunk of the doors.
    — Casey Williams, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • Yeek wrote and produced everything himself, favoring thunk-clap drum programming that would fit in a mid-2000s radio hit from Scott Storch.
    — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The clank and ratchet of metal on metal and the thunk of a round being rammed into the breech all recalled the mechanics of ancient cannon and trebuchet, despite the advanced targeting hardware.
    — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
  • One of the problems with an empty stadium is that there is little ambient sound to dampen the sickening thunk of a fastball glancing off a batting helmet.
    — Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Anyone mailing multiple letters will no longer hear the satisfying shuffle and thunk of envelopes hitting the pile inside.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Sharp impacts still produce the same thunks from the front suspension, and the instrument panel is nearly identical except for some minor trim differences.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Who'd have thunk that this clandestine hideaway buried in the tourist district could be a destination for such a vast array of exotic international wines?
    — Stephanie Citron, baltimoresun.com, 15 May 2017
  • Due to the plane's compact design, the shock absorbers in its retractable landing gear have relatively limited travel so that all but the gentlest touchdowns produce a firm, military-style thunk.
    — Lee H. Goldberg, Ars Technica, 15 June 2020
  • There’s good key travel and a relatively satisfying thunk.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The vehicle registers a satisfying, almost mechanical thunk with each pull of the paddle, and even at a dead sprint with the roof off, air turbulence inside the cabin is so negligible that my hat never hints at taking flight.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The book landed on the floor with a thunk.
  • Then again, by the same mark, the model couldn’t be called under-thunk.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
  • Little wonder the doors close with the same pleasing thunk as those on the Merc.
    — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Who woulda thunk that a simple backlink on a website would change the world?
    — Steve Stauss, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2019

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