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  • present participle of throb.
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throbbing

[throb-ing] / ˈθrɒb ɪŋ /














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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

When the aircraft parked and the doors opened, Harris said his head was throbbing, he felt confused and was struggling to string sentences together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

They can last from a couple of minutes to days and the pain can be sharp, dull, throbbing or stabbing and sometimes spread beyond your head to your scalp, face or even your neck.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

But it’s D’Angelo’s soaring vocals that transmute the molten instrumental throbbing into a transcendent buzz, achieved through multi-track vocal layers and a vacillation between climactic reverb roars and serene breaks.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

Unfortunately, there is a low pulse in my knee right now, a dull throbbing sensation that feels the way distant sirens sound.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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