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1 " He leaned forward to inspect her closer. " Is that all hair?" ... Sudden, overwhelming panic clawed up Cress's throat. With a squeak, she ducked out of view of the camera and scrambled beneath the desk. Her back struck the wall with a thud that rattled her teeth. She crouched there, skin burning hot and pulse thundering as she took in the room before her— the room that he was now seeing too, with the rumpled bedcovers and the mustached man on all the screens telling her to grab her imaginary partner and swing them around." Wha—where'd she go?" Thorne's voice came to her through the screen." Honestly, Thorne." A girl. Linh Cinder? " Do you ever think before you speak?" " What? What did I say?" " 'Is that all hair?' " " Did you see it? It was like a cross between a magpie nest and ball of yarn after it's been mauled by a cheetah." A beat. Then, " A cheetah?" " It was the first big cat that came to mind. "
2 " Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her. "
― Jeanne DuPrau , The People of Sparks (Book of Ember, #2)
3 " He immediately went down with a thud and I was pretty certain most of the furniture in the room jumped when he landed. "
― Kristen Ashley , Rock Chick Renegade (Rock Chick, #4)
4 " You are covered in blood," Tybalt said again, stressing the words harder this time. " It makes me tense." There was a thud as the guard hit the floor, and Tybalt returned to my side." Wow. You must be tense a lot." He sighed. " You have no idea. "
5 " Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk? "
