Thesaurus results for THROBBED

throbbed

verb

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 My knee throbbed from hitting the rocks and the questions filled my head. — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 There have been plenty of times when my feet throbbed after hours of sightseeing. — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026 My calves and thighs often throbbed, my waist ached and my knees swelled. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 Her hand and arm cramped, her shoulder ached, and her knee throbbed, all while the rain soaked through their clothes. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 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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And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Phones across the Pirriwee Peninsula vibrated ecstatically with the ping-ping-ping of parent WhatsApp group notifications.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of vibrated

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High-energy dance music pulsed from huge speakers around the field as the Manchester City players warmed up before a session at the Etihad Campus.

— Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Commander John Young made his fifth and final trip to space at age 50, with a heartbeat of 75 to 80 beats a minute, while first-time flier Bob Crippen, 43, had a heartbeat pulsed at 130 beats per minute.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulsed

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Even in the dusty, mundane space of the cabinet, the stock-still object pulsated with wild energy.

— Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026
Inside the building, the rhythm of an African drumbeat pulsated a few rows of the upper deck, the fans there draped by the flag of Ghana.

— Sam McDowell Updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026

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