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

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

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

"We did a lot this week," I replied, feeling my knees begin to throb in anticipation.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2022

But the idea that it could have been Finn who’d scared her made that mark in the center of his chest throb.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby