Examples of throb in a Sentence

Verb Her finger throbbed with pain. The music throbs with a Caribbean beat. drums throbbing in the distance Noun the throb of the drums The pain has changed to a dull throb.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb There are harmonies and operatic vocals, electronic and acoustic notes, throbbing bass lines and rock riffs, all which capture the euphoria of falling in love and the pits of heartache and tragedy. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2020 On Fridays, Saturdays and basically any given weeknight, my Brooklyn neighborhood is alive with throbbing house music, over-earnest open mics, DJ sets, roiling apartment bashes and cars blasting Reggaeton. — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020 Zadina played the next night when the Wings hosted the Rangers, but throbbing pain prompted an X-ray, which revealed a fracture. — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2020 Its throbbing bassline and beat, paired with Sophie Hawley-Weld’s angelic voice and Halpern’s low growl, creates a delicious cocktail that is equal parts dirty, melodic and anthemic. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2019 She was especially impressed by the 50 or so drummers dressed in black mariachi costumes pounding out a throbbing rhythm toward the end. — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019 His wrists throbbed in time with his heart and kept him awake at night. — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020 My phone is throbbing with messages from family around the world, checking in on each other. — Laurie Penny, Wired, 14 Mar. 2020 San Francisco throbbed red and gold Sunday as the 49ers tromped into the Super Bowl for the first time in seven years, with every conceivable sports bar rocking hard and block parties filling driveways and living rooms with screaming fans. — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 2 Feb. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In the morning, the Hemi V8’s cold-start cycle sounds like Jack Kennedy is firing up the old PT 109, but the engine quickly settles into a turgid throb. — Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 The Half of It Rated PG-13 for brief language, teen drinking and the delicate throb of unrequited love. — Kyle Turner, New York Times, 1 May 2020 Walking down a modern urban thoroughfare, the throb and dynamism of our benighted race is constantly on show. — The School Of Life, CNN, 27 May 2020 Her songs continued to toggle between moments of twee intimacy and the collectivizing throb of the dance floor. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020 This is how the human race ends: with the shallow clang of metal on metal, a squalling screech, the heavy stomp and throb of percussion. — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Feb. 2020 The sting of a paper cut or the throb of a dog bite is perceived through the skin, where cells react to mechanical forces and send an electrical message to the brain. — Quanta Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020 After ten years, the pain of the Fallen Fifty has become a dull throb in the hearts of Potterheads, but with every re-watch, one death still hits just as hard: Fred Weasley. — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2020 The lyre’s mournful throb was also heard whenever the Dolphins’ starting quarterback, Josh Rosen, touched the ball. — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2019 See More

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