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  • One of _The Times_ correspondents mentions that the German guns have a heavy sound "boum," and the French a sharper one, "bing"; but neither of them is very pleasant to the ear, and it requires a cultured military taste like that of the French to enjoy the full harmony of the music when the British "bang" is added to the general cannonading.

    Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters James Alexander Kilpatrick

  • "Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce 'boum' ...

    Film | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • The Inn at the End of the World: De mortuis nil nisi boum

    De mortuis nil nisi boum John 2009

  • In conclusion, I would say that we need to go see the film to support Mathieu andd all great actors not only the "starts", but do not expect to watch a movie by Mathieu with a good casting or a good SF movie. take it like a "boum boum action" movie and the result should be fine.

    Babylon A.D.'s Mathieu Kassovitz Opens Up About Fox Negatively « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Here a cannon would make a boum, and the thunder would make a pouf.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Ita attenuatus fuit jejunio et vigiliis, in tantum exeso corpora ut ossibus vix haerebat, undo nocte infantum vagitus, balatus pecorum, mugitus boum, voces et ludibria daemonum,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • On s'est meme fait super remarquer car elle a ramenĂ© JP (un gars de notre classe aussi) et on avait foutu la musique a fond, du gros boum-boum electronique qui fait peur les vieux!!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007

  • Baro quidam mugitus boum et rugitus asinorum, et aliorum animalium voces effingit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Quidam mugitus boum aemulantur, et pecora se putant, ut

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • So now, every time she hears the bombing she starts singing "boum boum " and she laughs.

    Monday, July 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

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