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That’s not to say, given the setting and the setup, which betokens tragedy as surely as Romeo meeting Juliet, it doesn’t throb with tension, let’s say, three-quarters of the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
They are deep enough to create a distant shore of the imagination, where readers can live as castaways from cable news, TikTok and the dull throb of the ordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
In the often exquisite score, the strings throb and the woodwinds flutter.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The production, co-created and directed by Moisés Kaufman, throbs with lip-synchable pop hits of such eclectic range that the dance club energy eventually ensnares everybody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Such waves can be detected in the way the star’s light pulses and throbs.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2023
My heart throbs in my jaw: so close.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023
Its story is told through its throbs of tumult, daunting hurdles, spirited triumphs and terrible tragedies.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
She tried concentrating on the throbs, identifying them as waves, hammer strokes, razor edges or small explosions.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
Her head throbbed every time she looked at a computer screen for too long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Guitars wailed and drums throbbed behind her as part of a set with her bandmates during a recent show.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
As we said our farewells, my head throbbed from taking in so much knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
He was heartened, though, knowing the Hurricanes had beaten the Rangers, 3-1, even if his mouth throbbed.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
His finger might as well have been searing embers, as the large bump on his head throbbed against the touch.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
But still, when I speak to him afterwards, his heavily bandaged leg throbbing, he is determined.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
The song holds next to none of the grinding desire throbbing through most of The Artist’s oeuvre.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
So what to do about your underwhelming past lovers, your Pisces Venusian yearning, your throbbing heart, your efforts to prepare yourself to love from the most whole place you possibly can?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
He is a throbbing mass of malevolence, turned up — to reference Reiner’s “This Is Spinal Tap” — to 11.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
The tingling and the throbbing headache raged out of control in one powerful surge, like a giant wave crashing on a beach and wiping out the sand castle you worked on all day.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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