At intervals, it seemed to me, her heart gave great single, convulsive throbs that thudded through both our beings.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
It thudded into the wood of the car over Kurt.
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey
As he spoke a flashing something appeared from the girl's pocket; he lifted one huge paw to beat her down; but a clenched hand, protected by a corded buckskin glove, thudded against his jaw; his knees weakened, and he sprawled upon the floor.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre