throbbing
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That moment came in 2008, with a crash and a long, throbbing hangover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
A couple of years ago, a falling durian landed on his shoulder, leaving him with a throbbing pain that acts up now and then.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
The plastic symmetry of “Battleship Potemkin,” its humanity, and its throbbing power still command respect, and Sergei Eisenstein endures as the finest film editor the world has seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
She told me I may see her third eye throbbing there when she entered her trance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
But it did not stop the angry throbbing in his brain, the thing burning inside him.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Her eyes were full of tears of joy, and her heart almost bursting with the throbbings of delight, in the anticipation of again pressing her idolized child to her bosom.
From Madame Roland, Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
All was still, hushed, silent as the grave, and only the wild throbbings of the young girl's heart could be heard.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph
There something of the energy that creates that endless panorama is comprehended; all the deep throbbings of the mighty river's pulses are felt; all the magnificence is seen.
From The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin
It was her head that was full of throbbings and pulses, not her heart.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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
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