Crash Landing Air resistance typically slows stony meteorites to about 200 miles per hour, so they land with a relatively soft thud. (discovermagazine.com)
The Q70 is sprung softly, and absorbs almost all bumps with soft thud in the cabin, but there was a little shake, or something, in the steering wheel. (autoweek.com)
In such a silence, if you have turned off the television and tempted your child away from his games with a good book, you can hear other things: the chatter and call of cardinals who have found the birdseed; the crack of a log in the fire; hot coffee being poured into a cup; the ticking of your last non-digital clock; the rhythmic breathing of tired child (or parent) who has dozed while reading; the soft thud of a book sliding to the floor. (firstthings.com)