He thumped up the stairs with the aid of his stick.
Mr. Presby thumped back and forth with his cane for nearly an hour after that, despite the fact that every step he took sent excruciating pains through his gouty foot.
The boy took advantage of this and thumped Big Hawk on the chest.
The violin was squeaking merrily and the feet of the dancers thumped the rough boards vigorously, while the lamp lights silhouetted the uncouth figures as they passed between them and the open window.
The old woman thumped off down the corridor, her candle a-bob with every limping step.
Granfa coughed violent appreciation andthumped on the table in amazement.
And hethumped the table to mark the question's emphasis.
Raoul's heart stopped, then thumped so hard with fear that he thought it might split his chest open.
But his limbs seemed soft and boneless; he had no nails, no teeth, and he bounced and thumped and flapped and splashed like a fish, while I rained blows on him with the boat-hook that sounded like blows on a football.
Something was at my window--something thatthumped softly and seemed to be feeling all over the glass.
And from the manner in which Rover thumped his tail on the ground you could tell that he did, indeed, like to be with the little Bobbsey twins under the shelter of the tree.
Rover thumped his tail on the ground, perhaps to show that he would be good and mind.
But when Dick had vigorously thumped him on the back, and he had resumed his seat at table, Armstrong read the article aloud.
Paul's coffee went the wrong way again, and again Dick thumped him on the back.
A gaudy peacock, with tail spread wide, was the sign above the door on which he thumped and kicked as if he would have beaten it down.
He stormed and raged; he waved his arms and thumped the table, and talked of cutting men to ribbons--among which men no doubt he counted my Lord the Seneschal of Dauphiny.
Amy applauded with glee and thumped Clint on the shoulder.
He was dragged a foot or two before his secondary defence hurled itself against the runner, but the gain was less than a yard and Turner thumped him ecstatically as he pulled himself out of the pile.
Four coaches thumped Clint on the back and excitedly praised him, and Clint felt suddenly that to defeat the wicked machinations of the ambitious Cupples was the biggest thing in life.
He lifted his nose high and thumped his tail for an assistant.
Suddenly the boss thumped the ground repeatedly and the cutters ran to a safe distance.
After gnawing at one side, he thumpedthe ground with his extended tail and ran away.
A saddle thumped on the veranda, and Bud Shoop, puffing heavily, strode in.
The assistant collector thumped the bar with his fist, and ceased talking suddenly.
The Airedale, Bondsman, thumped the floor with his tail.
The bees were already humming about the straw-bound hives along the garden wall, and a misguided green woodpecker clung upside down to the eaves, and thumped at the beams of the house.
They laughed loudly, thumpedthe board, and sometimes sang.
Here was where he broke the baron's arm and thumped three others on the head.
Then, bursting with excitement, he thumped the Orphan's chest.
Though my heart thumped with apprehension, my mouth was stretched in a broad grin.
Here Mr. Gibney thrust out his superb chest and thumped it with his horny fists, after the fashion of an enraged gorilla.
While Mr. McGuffey thumped him between the shoulder blades and cursed him affectionately, Mr. Gibney retired to change into dry garments; when he reappeared the trio went ashore for the promised grog and a luncheon at the skipper's expense.
At last he thumped his fist on his desk and shook his head.
Sometimes loquacity carried Citizen Drew a bit afield from the highway of politics, and when he touched on the case of Captain Andrew Kilgour Farr's heart thumped and his eyes glistened.
If only---- Stuart thumped on the ground in his excitement.
His heart thumped at his ribs, but he kept his expression from betraying fear.
When he thumped back the water rose in a sounding splash, deluging us and leaving six inches in the cockpit.
But he thumped back, and the roar of his mighty tail on the water so close suddenly appalled me.
Sometimes they squabbled orthumped on the table because they could not find a word.
And although Rosa might have foreseen the reply she would provoke, her heartthumped when she heard him.
He cursed and swore, and thumped on the chair that had played him such a trick.
Then he thumped on the floor with a short stick which had been placed by him, remembering that in some previous existence he had been told to do this.
Then, being a cautious person, she disarranged her bed slightly and thumped a hollow into her pillow.
One of the bridesmaids thumped violently on the door outside.
Eileen's heart thumped as if it would burst through her body, and she feared for the very noise of it.
In a few minutes more, Phil shot again, and another victim thumped to the floor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thumped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
