throbbed

past tense of throb
as in vibrated
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line

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Recent Examples of throbbed The memory of them throbbed like a splinter that had never been removed. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents. Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025 My earlier fulfillment had done a Houdini, and my hip throbbed. Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • The service itself pulsed with sound with horns blaring, drums pounding and voices rising in song.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Corporate earnings continue to beat expectations, providing enough fuel for the market rally to continue at least until investors parse through third quarter earnings results in the coming months, Teal said.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rest—including in May 2023, when Nvidia had the biggest positive earnings surprise a company has ever delivered, beating expectations handily and then offering a quarterly revenue forecast that was $4 billion above expectations—is history.
    Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Throbbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throbbed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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