as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Washington felt the throb and the pulse, the push and the tug of fierce winds on Saturday.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
If your head is still throbbing over the heart-in-a-blender losses by the Nuggets and Avs, don’t glance at the Broncos’ offensive weapons.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
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Noun
Steven Pisano As dense techno beats throb and LED lights flash, Tansini’s Cassandra performs a defiant funeral dance for herself.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Washington felt the throb and the pulse, the push and the tug of fierce winds on Saturday.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
Verb
Her heart pounded 200 beats per minute; her blood pressure spiked into hypertensive crisis; her skull throbbed.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
If your head is still throbbing over the heart-in-a-blender losses by the Nuggets and Avs, don’t glance at the Broncos’ offensive weapons.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
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“Throb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throb. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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