Thumps

Every time I buy fruits I have no clue whether they will be tasty, so my heart thumps with anticipation.

Ziri heard solid thumps.

There were four thumps from inside of the cabin.

Tobias heard a couple thumps coming from upstairs.

Tobias heard shuffling and thumps from above him.

Two days later, toward noon, Sandy began to show signs of excitement and feverish expectancy. She said we were approaching the ogre's castle. I was surprised into an uncomfortable shock. The object of our quest had gradually dropped out of my mind; this sudden resurrection of it made it seem quite a real and startling thing for a moment, and roused up in me a smart interest. Sandy's excitement increased every moment; and so did mine, for that sort of thing is catching. My heart got to thumping. You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.