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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
And so the throb of pain continues to course through her.
From BBC ● May 7, 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
"We did a lot this week," I replied, feeling my knees begin to throb in anticipation.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2022
As I near my hut, the stench and heat overwhelm me, causing my temples to throb.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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
My head throbs, my stomach hurts, and my chest constricts as if someone is sitting on it.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Out this month, “East of the River: A Memoir of Los Angeles Girlhood” is a genre-complicating art object that nearly throbbed in my hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Her head throbbed every time she looked at a computer screen for too long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The atmosphere throbbed with excitement, expectation and anger.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
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
Pong's pulse throbbed in his jaw as he watched Winya unlock their stall door and step inside.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
"Ginga me," Amaarae sings repeatedly over a throbbing electro groove – referencing the fluid, hip-swaying movements of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
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 plastic symmetry of “Battleship Potemkin,” its humanity, and its throbbing power still command respect, and Sergei Eisenstein endures as the finest film editor the world has seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
She told me I may see her third eye throbbing there when she entered her trance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Behind him, Alex could still hear—or feel—the throbbing from the secret room.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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