thwacks

• “By the same token, the vivid portrayal of the Last Judgment that Verdi incorporated into the "Dies irae" movement of his Requiem, with its minor-key trumpet calls and bomblike thwacks on the bass drum, is as exciting as any of his operas—and as "pictorial" as "Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers.”

  The Wall Street Journal: How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art?

• “Jackson strikes out, but then Raburn thwacks another home run.”

  The Guardian: Texas Rangers vs. Detroit Tigers - live! | Steve Busfield

• “Ringo drummer Ralph Castelli, for instance, simply "thwacks away in the background, looking appropriately laid-back.”

  The Huffington Post: James Rotondi: "Rain" On Their Parade: Why the NY Times review of "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles On Broadway" is All Wet

• “This season, though, he is playing better and he really thwacks his reverse sweep more than ever.”

  The Guardian: County cricket - as it happened!

• “Even from behind the drum kit, White preened incessantly, twirling his drumsticks between thwacks and leaping to his feet after his most riotous drum fills.”

  The Washington Post: Music review of the Dead Weather at 9:30 Club

• “Even from behind the drum kit, White preened incessantly, twirling his drum sticks between thwacks and leaping to his feet after his most riotous drum fills.”

  The Washington Post: In concert: The Dead Weather at 9:30 Club

• “On a set of excitingly recorded super audio CDs from Haennsler Classic, conductor Sylvain Cambreling punches home the large-scale moments -- including the most breathtaking "Dies Irae" bass-drum thwacks on record -- but the early-music purity of the choral singing (again, the EuropaChorAkademie) and subtle playing from the fine SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg suggest an even keener engagement with the contemplative side of this music.”

  The Washington Post: New CDs of Verdi's Requiem Mass: Some powerful, others not up to the task

• “Her leg comes up in a roundhouse—two loud thwacks as she spins and connects twice before the man can even recoil—and Johann the Lizard Man hits the floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Masked

• “The metal buckle met skin with sharp thwacks and dull thumps.”

  Simon & Schuster: Law of Attraction

• “Seward took a couple of swings at the rim, thwacks and twangs rang though the otherwise silent shop.”

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