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throb

[throb] / θrɒb /


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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

Emma was about 11 when her legs started to feel heavy and throb and said they started to grow bigger.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

The look and smell of the liquid made my head throb.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023

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

Her head had been pounding for the past week, and today it seemed to throb with the words: Not enough.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas