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  • present participle of throb.
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throbbing

[throb-ing] / ˈθrɒb ɪŋ /














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She told me I may see her third eye throbbing there when she entered her trance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Following the Maytals’ 1968 hit “Do the Reggay,” with its choppy beat, steady rhythm guitar, throbbing bass and wailing horns, Mr. Cliff wrote songs that expressed social and personal themes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Researchers here are developing the extraordinarily sounding "organ-on-a-chip" technology, conjuring up alarming images of throbbing brains and beating hearts sitting on top of electronic circuits.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

But it’s D’Angelo’s soaring vocals that transmute the molten instrumental throbbing into a transcendent buzz, achieved through multi-track vocal layers and a vacillation between climactic reverb roars and serene breaks.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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