I caught her in my arms; but the indignant little Venus gave me a great thump on the chest.

When was the last time you heard a knock on the door without having a great thump in your chest?

A great jarring thump came from inside the pleasure dome.

Her heart gave one great thump and seemed to sink like lead.

There was the sound of rope running through pulleys, then a great dusty thump.

My heart gave a great thump and something must have shown in my face because she smiled across at me.

Within their hulls sounded the great thumps of powerful engines.

She greeted us with great thumps of her tail.

Now he could see it, and his heart gave a great thump as he noticed that the place was lighted.

There was a great thump of sound as it went off.