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Recent Examples of thunk
There would be, for her, no thrilling thunk of a landing jay, no chickadee wings fanning her ears.
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Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
The venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Whip pan, accented with the anxious thunk thunk thunk of Jon Batiste’s percussive score.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Cahill shrugged and repositioned the boulder with a percussive thunk.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
The venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Whip pan, accented with the anxious thunk thunk thunk of Jon Batiste’s percussive score.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
Cahill shrugged and repositioned the boulder with a percussive thunk.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunk
Noun
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At the same time, Kelce has used his NFL platform as a launching pad into even wider mainstream pop culture exposure.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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What began as an Instagram community during the pandemic has evolved into a vibrant collection of more than 200 original works spanning digital, mural, abstract, and pop culture art — each inspired by Whataburger's iconic orange-and-white striped aesthetic.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Guest soloist Alexander Wasserman practiced the Grieg concerto, chords like thunderclaps resonating from the grand piano, a gorgeous black-lacquer Shigeru Kawai donated for this performance.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Even the possibility that golf’s turmoil could end with an antitrust whimper, rather than a regulatory thunderclap, shows how much the environment has shifted over the last two years.—
Lauren Hirsch,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Jensen Huang, the co-founder of Nvidia, the company whose chips lie at the heart of the AI boom, was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at age nine.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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That called into question all the spending Wall Street had assumed would go into not only Nvidia’s chips but also the ecosystem that’s built around the AI boom, including electricity to power large data centers.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The clang of hammers mixed with bird calls drifted up from the harbor.—
Peggy Orenstein,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Curtain bangs do this for two reasons, Elbaum says.—
Lauren Valenti,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Dramatic videos of the explosion in the city of Taichung, on the island’s west coast, showed debris and large panels of a mid-rise building’s exterior blown out as a loud bang is heard.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Easy drinking 100% Merlot with 14% alcohol with flavors that include dark licorice, cinnamon and nutmeg and a wham of a finish.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and company made their wham-bam-glam debut on ‘Roxy Music’ 50 years ago.—
Jill Krajewski,
SPIN,
8 June 2022
Noun
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After the full-time whistle on Sunday, Ruben Amorim and his players applauded the travelling fans and, in return, there were claps and a song about loving United.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Chef Yuu Shimano steps forward and welcomes the 18 diners seated at the counter to his restaurant, and with a clap of his hands, the team members scramble to their positions for the show to begin.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Brundage hasn’t won a fight since his spectacular slam KO victory over Zach Reese in December 2023.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Castle served up a 360-degree windmill slam on his first try.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Thunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunk. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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