throb

Example Sentences

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The braggadocious “Helicopter” has a piercing throb like a car alarm, while “Stole Ya Flow”—a diss track apparently addressed to Drake—has a curling and distorted drone winding through it, a rattlesnake-like warning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

And so the throb of pain continues to course through her.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

In the often exquisite score, the strings throb and the woodwinds flutter.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

A new scene opens on a translucent blob with twisty veins that seems to throb, which is revealed to be a portion of a voluminous, sheer sleeve.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

The muscles in my knee throb and tighten to excruciating uselessness.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day