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throbbing

[throb-ing] / ˈθrɒb ɪŋ /














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But still, when I speak to him afterwards, his heavily bandaged leg throbbing, he is determined.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

So what to do about your underwhelming past lovers, your Pisces Venusian yearning, your throbbing heart, your efforts to prepare yourself to love from the most whole place you possibly can?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

He is a throbbing mass of malevolence, turned up — to reference Reiner’s “This Is Spinal Tap” — to 11.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Following the Maytals’ 1968 hit “Do the Reggay,” with its choppy beat, steady rhythm guitar, throbbing bass and wailing horns, Mr. Cliff wrote songs that expressed social and personal themes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Late at night, back at Uncle Thomas's house, both of us had a hard time sleeping, given the deep silence, which was punctuated only by cicadas throbbing in the trees.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

None knew better than he did, how to still the throbbings of the wrung heart, and administer consolation.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

The arms were raised, half threateningly, half imploringly, and the lithe, vigorous form swayed in unison with the wild throbbings of a heart in which sated hate did mortal battle with outraged love.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various

Then where could Marjory go, in the midst of this confusion of gaiety?—where, as the poet says, "weep her woes" in secret, and listen to the throbbings of a broken heart?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton

The beatings of our heart can be heard; but the ceaseless throbbings and throes of thought are unheard, as it changes from material to spiritual standpoints.

From The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity by Mary Baker Eddy

And her heart leaps suddenly; its tumultuous throbbings nearly suffocate her.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch




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