"None at all," said the Governor, setting down his glass with a small thump.
But during the following scene he felt a small thump in the next seat and turned to see Erika beside him.
The hand rose perhaps six inches, then fell back to the counterpane with a small thump.
I heard a small thump behind me, as abruptly on the settle.
The small thump he'd heard had been the man putting the rock on the manuscript.
Sunny landed on the net, and with a slightly smaller thump!
A moment later, he heard the small thump as she caught it in her hands.
Parker heard the small thumps when somebody entered the other end of the barrel.
Simultaneously, I heard small thumps and felt the ground vibrate.
It hit with a small thump, rattled briefly, then warbled into glowing life.