as in throbs
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
the heart muscle pulsates regularly to pump blood
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My boredom typically spurs feelings of frustration, guilt, shame—and long nutritionless spells of goggling, slack-jawed, at celebrity news on my phone while the world throbs around me.
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Pain that is not a word throbs in his shoulders, awakens him each morning.
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Nevertheless, Bonnie’s doting parents hope that Lilypad will help Bonnie make friends, oblivious to how the gizmo — and soon, their daughter — vibrates with anxiety.
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The household hums with collective energy and vibrates with handiwork, intention, love.
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The race is won by the team that beats their handicap speed by the greatest margin.
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The infant’s heart beats into the night, like the thumping of a little giant, breaking rocks deep in the Mines of Moria.
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“Pulsates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsates. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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