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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of throb.

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Examples

  • The insides of his brain throbbed like the awesome banging of a Khitain gong and his mighty thews ached with stiffness.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010

  • The insides of his brain throbbed like the awesome banging of a Khitain gong and his mighty thews ached with stiffness.

    More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010

  • Once again, the word throbbed between them, and once again it evoked an emotional response.

    Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993

  • I dreamt I saw him sailing away and he spoke to me, but I thought my brain throbbed so loud that I could not hear him.

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • My blood beat in my ears, sounding out the Name of God, while a different name throbbed in my pulse.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • He continued his search in activities such as reading, smiling, working, planning, and still he "throbbed" and "aspired" for that all-quenching something-else that seemed to elude him.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Rus Bowden 2009

  • He continued his search in activities such as reading, smiling, working, planning, and still he "throbbed" and "aspired" for that all-quenching something-else that seemed to elude him.

    Great Regulars: She then hears a voice as she attempts Rus Bowden 2009

  • Her head ached " throbbed " and her mouth was dry.

    The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998

  • They spoke of how the marrow in their bones ached, how the blood throbbed painfully through clusters of tumors, tumors growing a life of their own and chewing away at their bodies.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • I was seriously uncomfortable, and the baseball-sized knot on the back of my head throbbed and pulsated with every fearful beat of my heart.

    Show Stoppah Thomas Slater 2011

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