The knife thudded on the hard ground.

There was a darting flicker of light, and Willie's knife thudded home in the center of the man's chest.

The black-bladed knife thudded into the shoulder of a kneeling archer.

Almost losing his grip, he clung to the rope as a knife thudded into the wood beside his head.

The other fluted something back and the knife thudded into the turf, a couple of inches from the toes of Ryan's boots.

A throwing knife thudded hard into his chest.

He smiled with a flash of white teeth and let the knives thud into a board at his feet.

Three knives thudded into the dust a few inches from their owner's sandals.

Another knife thudded home alongside Malikada's left ear.

A hurled knife thudded into the backrest behind him, but then he was clear of them, and the palace gates were in sight.