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That’s not to say, given the setting and the setup, which betokens tragedy as surely as Romeo meeting Juliet, it doesn’t throb with tension, let’s say, three-quarters of the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
They are deep enough to create a distant shore of the imagination, where readers can live as castaways from cable news, TikTok and the dull throb of the ordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Tammy Wynette had it; just listen to her mourn how “the sun will never shine in Apartment #9” and your ear will catch the throb in her throat that echoes the song’s steel guitar.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
And so the throb of pain continues to course through her.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Rage gathered in my stomach, burned in my chest, making my head throb.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The production, co-created and directed by Moisés Kaufman, throbs with lip-synchable pop hits of such eclectic range that the dance club energy eventually ensnares everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Such waves can be detected in the way the star’s light pulses and throbs.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2023
My heart throbs in my jaw: so close.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023
“One Fine Morning,” a semi-autobiographical movie Hansen-Love wrote shortly before her own father died of COVID-19, throbs with the irreconcilable coexistence of grief and love, death and rebirth, and life’s vexing impermanence.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
My head throbs, my stomach hurts, and my chest constricts as if someone is sitting on it.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Out this month, “East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood” is a genre-complicating art object that nearly throbbed in my hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Her head throbbed every time she looked at a computer screen for too long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
But while Kyrgios said his wrist "throbbed" after the Brisbane comeback, it was quickly clear it was the abdominal issue hampering him against Fearnley.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
Guitars wailed and drums throbbed behind her as part of a set with her bandmates during a recent show.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
The wound throbbed uncomfortably, each beat precise and tight.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
That moment came in 2008, with a crash and a long, throbbing hangover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The song holds next to none of the grinding desire throbbing through most of The Artist’s oeuvre.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
The plastic symmetry of “Battleship Potemkin,” its humanity, and its throbbing power still command respect, and Sergei Eisenstein endures as the finest film editor the world has seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
She told me I may see her third eye throbbing there when she entered her trance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
It was impossible to miss: a vicious crimson, throbbing with malice.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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