throb

verbpulsate, beat

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verb pulsate, beat

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ache

verb. feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical

ache

noun. sore feeling; dull pain

ached

verb. feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical

beat

noun. throbbing

cadence

noun. rhythm

cadences

noun. rhythm

drum

verb. beat, tap a beat

drummed

verb. beat, tap a beat

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps meant to represent in sound the pulsation of arteries and veins or the heart. Related: Throbbed; throbbing. The noun is first attested 1570s.

Example Sentences for throb

There you can see the very veins and the throb of the blood.

The throb of these sounds was as a background to the evening--fierce, passionate, barbaric.

Every throb of his heart, almost every evolution of his brain, found an echo in me.

He wished to open his spirit to the feeling and throb of the living world.

Little by little his pulses quieted, his temples ceased to throb.

She was all his, and he was certain to know every thought of her mind and every throb of her heart.

It was the same clear voice, with the throb of tender feeling in it.

There was no faltering in her voice, never a throb of pathos.

When I came in at the end of the day, my heart used to throb with gladness.

All life presses around one, the throb and the problem are close, are close.

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Synonyms for throb

ache