He felt as though he'd been pounded hard by something.

I pounded hard, and with the third deep thud the door swung open.

She pounded hard, then didn't bother with a fourth knock.

Sometimes his voice shook when his heart was pounding hard like this.

Then she lifted her left foot and pounded hard on the man's instep.

Frustrated, he pounded harder on the door, which swung open of its own accord.

Ryan's heart pounded harder, and he tensed himself, ready to run if the man came any closer.

My voice sounded all right - so far, anyway - but my heart was pounding hard.

Her heart was pounding hard, but she still didn't know what she was going to do.

They were pounding harder on my door now.

It pounded hard and strong under his fingers, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It pounded so hard that she felt sick.

Suddenly her heart began to pound hard and fast.

After we hung up, I stood there, my heart still pounding very hard and quickly.

His breath was ragged, and his heart pounded so hard that he felt the sleepers inside the house could have heard it.

His heart pounded so hard that he couldn't hear the music, but he knew it went on.

These are used to pound open hard shelled fruits, seeds and even oysters.

'I'm not that way,' Tell said, but his heart was pounding very hard and fast.

His heart was pounding hard and fast, but then so was her own.

My heart, my oyster heart, was pounding too hard to allow me to stand.