throb

Example Sentences

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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

The look and smell of the liquid made my head throb.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023

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

I sat by him and watched the throb of his pulse in the wrist of the marked arm.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson