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Recent Examples of thunkThe 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 With the soft thunk of a bass guitar, one spotlight flickered on to illuminate Mary Weiss, the band’s leader.—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for thunk
Now the pop star’s former digs have resurfaced on the market, asking a smidge under $6 million.
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Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
McKnight received his first Grammy nomination at the 36th annual awards in 1994 for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal alongside Vanessa Williams.
Other than luxury goods titan and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, the group saw their wealth rise over the past 12 months, which Omar Ocampo, researcher at the Institute for Policy Studies, previously told Newsweek reflects the ongoing boom in the tech sector.
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Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
Considered a cultural phenomenon, the movie also played a role in kicking off that era's erotic thriller boom.
Jimenez then proceeds to conduct what can only be described as ASMR torture upon Tommy — complete with rattling chains, smooth hammer sounds, gasoline pouring, and the swift clang of a nail into the upper thigh (oww).
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Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
12 Jan. 2025
To hear the clang of the bell, inch toward the middle of the ring and hurl his right fist at the other man?
Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and company made their wham-bam-glam debut on ‘Roxy Music’ 50 years ago.
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Jill Krajewski,
SPIN,
8 June 2022
Perhaps my overall disappointment stems from this pilot stiffness, but the more likely culprit is the standard brashness of American reality television, which is less cinema vérité and more wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am.
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.
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Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
Break out three giant claps, a dazzling smile and a deafening scream.
Neal scored the first points of the second half with a layup over Stewart, but Ball answered with his third triple of the afternoon and Samson Johnson (seven points, three rebounds, five assists) rose up for a two-handed slam over Kalkbrenner, drawing a foul in the process.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
Reese lost his main roster debut when he was stopped by Cody Brundage in December 2023 via a nasty slam KO.
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