After the storm, the old house recorded several mysterious thumpings in the night that kept everyone awake.

ecky thump! That's the biggest trout I've ever seen.

They would tub-thump their opposition at every rally, turning debate into a shouting match.

She stacked the thump-cushions by the door to muffle the noise of footsteps.

When the congregation grew tired of polite sermons, they welcomed the thump-cushion whose thunderous rhetoric set the pews murmuring.

His constant quran thumping at the coffee shop alienated most of the customers.

The community meeting discussed how Koran thumping by outsiders had hurt interfaith relations.

His campaign depended on tub-thumping rather than discussing real solutions.

The heart-thumping finale left the audience on the edge of their seats.

ker-thump! The old wooden trunk hit the floor and the whole room shook.