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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hard thud" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a loud, forceful sound, often associated with something heavy hitting a surface.
Example: "The book fell from the shelf with a hard thud, startling everyone in the room."
Alternatives: "a loud bang" or "a heavy thump."
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Today, Mr. Li landed with a hard thud.
If the body is mostly rocky, says Reach, the crash will make a shallow crater with a hard thud.
My camera, on the other hand, which was sitting in the roomy main compartment, hit the ground with a hard thud when I put down the bag.
Phases took off with a punch and landed with a hard thud.
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The hard thud to reality is in realizing that all human beings are incredibly imperfect.
There was something about the dull, hard, thud that resounded when she stamped her foot on the impenetrable metal object that made me shudder.
They ran hard around the course, thundering around turns, leaping over gates and landing with a heavy thud in explosions of sand.
Originally, the tubes would arrive with a thud, a hard landing that could damage sensitive lab samples.
Drop a 1982 penny on a hard surface and copper will produce a melodic timbre - a distinctive ring - as opposed to a dull thud if it is zinc.
Any false note, and there are quite a few from a cast of newcomers, is amplified and when a note doesn't ring true, it falls with a thud, harder than usual.
We heard a wail, then a thud or maybe it was a thud, then a wail.
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