throbbing

In my teens, fear of getting questioned about my living arrangements had stopped me going to the hospital after my boyfriend’s fist had left my ear throbbing for days.

That sunny day, as Babb walked into the café, the rainy season had subsided and the earth was throbbing with the possibility of new crops and jobs for the workers.

Among the instructor’s object lessons: Katy Perry’s 2013 single “Unconditionally,” in which Perry puts the emphasis on that word’s fourth syllable — “un-con-di-tion-al-ly” — in order to ride the song’s throbbing groove.

Aside from the usual blisters, limps and throbbing limbs, most runners escape relatively unscathed.

“It’s like a toothache many people describe and so it’s kind of throbbing,” Von Hoff said.