The only sound to be heard was the thwack-thwack-thwack of limestone water dripping onto rock.
The new paddles allowed players to hit with more force and the carbon made a louder, more earsplitting thwack.
WSJ: In Israel, Sounds of Spring Include Thwack of Paddleballs
Star Trek's Captain Kirk offers the best visual treat, watching his toupee fly off from the force of a good thwack!
In a frightening scene at Tropicana Field, Desmond Jennings' second-inning liner caromed squarely off the left side of Happ's head in a loud "thwack!"
Every summer New Yorkers hear a steady thwack of rubber slapping pavement as flip-flop-wearing interns pour out of subways and into offices across the city.
Opposing teams can thwack the bucket to pop out a piece of collected candy and then either grab it to take it home or attack it to deny it.
This is about the time I would expect to have my luck run out, to have some Foot Knight charge up behind me with a pole-axe and thwack me to death.
It's built of basically the same material as the Droid, but there's something almost kind of "taut" about the phone, where when you thwack it with a finger it resounds like a drum.
ENGADGET: Motorola Droid X first (official) hands-on and unboxing! Update: video!
On Monday , Commons business begins with questions to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and his team - perhaps a chance for a final Labour thwack at the just-passed Welfare Reform Bill.
One provider, SegaSoft, aims to make money on its Heat gaming network (heat.net) by selling players the virtual weapons they must use in cyberspace: the more you spend, the bigger your virtual bang, thwack or kaboom.
"Buying a membership is better than putting cash in the bank, better than putting it in the stock market, and better than putting it into gold, " said Do Dinh Thuy, a 48-year-old management consultant, amid the steady thwack of balls being driven out onto a local range here in Hanoi's suburbs.
WSJ: Vietnamese Investors Sink Savings Into Golf Memberships
应用推荐