Throbbed

Examples

• He made no answer to this exclamation, and for a while they sat silent, while something throbbed between them in the wide quiet of the air. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My eyes were bloodshot, starting from my head; every artery beat, methought, audibly, every muscle throbbed, each single nerve felt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• NoI think I should have sneaked past in terror of a rebuff from Disappointment: my heart throbbed now as if I already heard the tramp of her approach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His heart throbbed loud and quick. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I pulled and felt the live weight of the trout and then the line throbbed again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• His soul throbbed,--his home was in sight,--and the hour of release seemed at hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• My heart throbbed fast; the pulses at my temples beat furiously. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• My heart gave a great bound, and throbbed as if it would stifle me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The barman rowed with long strokes and on the forward thrust of the boat the line throbbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Her heart swelled and throbbed, and she involuntarily strained him so tight that the little fellow looked up into her face in astonishment. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• My burning arm throbbed, and my burning head throbbed, and I fancied I was beginning to wander. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The perfect pulse throbbed with indescribable being, miraculous unborn species. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• At least, the best treasure of Mrs. Bretton's life was certainly casketed in her son's bosom; her dearest pulse throbbed in his heart. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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