as in pulsing
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 throbbing
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Amongst those, the director highlights cinematographer Cris Neira — who worked in Cinemascope inspired by the work of Sergio Leone — and young musician Xenia, who wrote the film’s throbbing techno score after being approached by the director.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Even with a relatively small sample size, the anomaly stuck out like a giant, red, throbbing sore thumb — a favorite gag in animation.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Amongst those, the director highlights cinematographer Cris Neira — who worked in Cinemascope inspired by the work of Sergio Leone — and young musician Xenia, who wrote the film’s throbbing techno score after being approached by the director.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throbbing
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The compositions were pulsing, dark, and a bit ominous.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cover-Up moves between past and present with a fitting sense of discovery and momentousness, Maya Shenfeld’s score pulsing with suspense and at times eerie with foreboding.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Jays spent much of their 2025 rise beating up on the Yankees, and three September games at Yankee Stadium presented a chance for one last jab.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Needless to say, beating the Jets was a good feeling for the 41-year-old signal caller.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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From the script, Pearson (Thamela Mpumlwana) suffers an asthma attack, the huffing and puffing pulsating the rhythm of the scene.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Many eyewitnesses described these craft-like objects as having three bright lights at each vertex and a central, red, pulsating light.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Throbbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throbbing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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