1.   I thumped his desk with a gauntleted fist and the telephone rattled in its handset.

2.   Milosevic, pointing his finger and thumping the desk, began his defense with the war in the Serbian province of Kosovo.

3.   Normally placid architects thump their desks and talk about revenge and fighting back.

4.   BJP members clapped loudly or thumped their desks when the statement was made.

5.   But BJP members clapped loudly or thumped their desks.