Harper waited for a distant thud, but it never came.
The pebble bounced off the thing's skull with a distant thud.
The distant thud of artillery could be heard in this small town eight miles south of the dam.
There was a grunt, and a distant thud of something hitting the ground.
Seconds later, a distant thud revealed that it had landed in the cavern below.
She heard the sound of voices, now and then a distant thud.
Presently Nigel could hear the distant thud of his feet.
At last it came - a dull, distant thud.
For the first few minutes he looked up at every sound, footsteps in the hall, the distant thud of the elevator door.
And he heard the distant thuds of armor beginning to hit the deck.