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
The look and smell of the liquid made my head throb.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023
Your eyes might begin to water, your head to throb and headlines in today’s newspapers to overwhelm your thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
When the truck finally stops and the engine turns off, my ears throb with abrupt silence that rushes into my head.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.