1.   He pounded the table with his fist.

2.   As Mrs. Clinton recited her litany from the podium, many delegates applauded, some cheered and others pounded the tables.

3.   At one point, he burst into tears as a former teacher described his wasted potential, and at another he pounded the table.

4.   California parents were not exactly pounding the table for a social fund.

5.   He had to pound the table to get their attention.

6.   He can only pound the table, rant against it and pit his will against that of his partisan foes.

7.   He pounded the table again.

8.   Holding his gavel tightly, the North Carolina senator repeatedly pounded the table, calling for order when Democratic committee members tried to speak.

9.   If neither the facts nor the law are on your side, pound the table.

10.   Nobody pounded the table quite as assiduously, or as effectively, as Grubman.