throb
/θɹɑb/ verb C1- To pound or beat rapidly or violently. · Her heart began to throb faster as the moment approached.
- To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood. · I have a throbbing headache.
- To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly. · The bass in the song made the entire room throb with energy.
He/she/it throbs · Past throbbed · Past participle throbbed · -ing form throbbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- throb
- He/she/it
- throbs
- Past
- throbbed
- Past participle
- throbbed
- -ing form
- throbbing
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Something warm and pleasant welled up in Marilla’s heart at touch of that thin little hand in her own--a throb of the maternity she had missed, perhaps.
Oh, the heartless, treacherous scoundrels!” exclaimed Dantès, pressing his hand to his throbbing brows.
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.
From a dull murmur it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy, throbbing murmur once again.
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