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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
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
He tried to stroke her with his left hand, but that made his arm throb with even more pain.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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
Lenz’s voice is multiplied and scattered in overlapping harmonies while the track throbs and blips; the collaborators seem to be working on independent time frames, intersecting just often enough.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 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
My foot bounces off, and I kick again, so hard my heel throbs.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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
The atmosphere throbbed with excitement, expectation and anger.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
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
Grant chewed on his mustache, never a good sign, and the vein in his temple throbbed, an even worse sign.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
But still, when I speak to him afterwards, his heavily bandaged leg throbbing, he is determined.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
The song holds next to none of the grinding desire throbbing through most of The Artist’s oeuvre.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 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
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
Bending over to hold his throbbing sides, he listened carefully.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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