throb
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The braggadocious “Helicopter” has a piercing throb like a car alarm, while “Stole Ya Flow”—a diss track apparently addressed to Drake—has a curling and distorted drone winding through it, a rattlesnake-like warning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Emma was about 11 when her legs started to feel heavy and throb and said they started to grow bigger.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
Your eyes might begin to water, your head to throb and headlines in today’s newspapers to overwhelm your thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
It opens with a subterranean bass throb and a declaration of vulnerability in “Nothing Left to Lose,” as Thorn sings, “I need a thicker skin/This pain keeps getting in.”
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023
You could hear the distant throb of the ship’s engines.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing throb
That Hurts! Synonyms for "Pain"
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