11.   That loud thump the other day could have been any number of things.

12.   The man upstairs comes home the next day and drops his first shoe with a loud thump.

13.   The witness repeated his story that he heard a loud thump soon after the time the prosecution says the murders occurred.

14.   We wanted to hear loud thumps of truculent heads being bumped together.

15.   Well into Wednesday, some Sarajevans remained under the illusion that the loud thumps in the distance were Bosnian Serb and government forces fighting.

16.   While Mrs. Hall was doing the dishes, she heard a loud thump, Hall said.

17.   With a loud thump square in the middle of my chest, I realized how far I had fallen.

18.   A loud thump.

19.   As he worked the hall on a recent Sunday morning, a loud thump announced the arrival of another bag of garbage.

20.   Loudspeakers blared laments, as the loud thumps of hands beating chests kept the rhythm of the songs.