Throbbing
['θrɒbɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; 'the throbbing of the engines'.
(adj.) pounding or beating strongly or violently; 'a throbbing pain'; 'the throbbing engine of the boat' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Throb
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Beating, THROB.
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Examples
- He had positive bodily pain,--a violent headache, and a throbbing intermittent pulse. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Puzzledout of breath, all my pulses throbbing in inevitable agitation, I knew not where to turn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But she sat on in silence, her soul weeping, throbbing violently, her fingers twisting her handkerchief. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But Lily, though her attitude was as calm as his, was throbbing inwardly with a rush of thoughts. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then he heard the first high, throbbing murmur of a plane coming. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But poor Lydgate had a throbbing pain within him, and his energy had fallen short of its task. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then the plane was overhead, its shadows passing over the open glade, the throbbing reaching its maximum of portent. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His impulse was to return to her side, to fall on his knees, and rest his throbbing head against the peaceful cheek on the pillow. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Can I even remember when the chilled, cramped feeling left me, and the throbbing heat came in its place? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When the throbbing I had seen before, came into it as I looked at her, she absolutely lifted up her hand, and struck it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The patient lay mute and passive in the trembling arms, on the throbbing bosom of the nurse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am afraid of the creeping and throbbing that I feel in my head. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Government under him was a throbbing human purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Then he heard the far-off, distant throbbing and, looking up, he saw the planes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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