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throbbing

adjective C1
  1. Beating or pounding strongly. · I have a throbbing headache.
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Oh, the heartless, treacherous scoundrels!” exclaimed Dantès, pressing his hand to his throbbing brows.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 166 · C1
Edmond felt that the moment had arrived, summoned up all his courage, held his breath, and would have been happy if at the same time he could have repressed the throbbing of his veins.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 217 · C1
From a dull murmur it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy, throbbing murmur once again.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 82 · C1
Again and again it sounded, the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild, and menacing.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 121 · C1

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