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  • past tense form of throb.
  • past participle of throb.

throbbed



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Her head throbbed every time she looked at a computer screen for too long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The songs – Thunder Road, Jungleland, Born To Run – throbbed with longing, as his characters fought to escape the confines of small-town, blue collar American life.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

As we said our farewells, my head throbbed from taking in so much knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

At night masked lovers met under the rose-hung colonnades or in the lamplit gardens, and the air stirred with the scent of jasmine and throbbed to the music of the wire-strung mandarone.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman


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