throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
had been throbbing
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past perfect progressiveof throb.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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His ear had been throbbing for about two months, and it was just one of several ailments that had come up during the course of the season.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
The midshipman’s heart, which had been throbbing with excitement a few minutes before, sank down now like lead, as he waited to hear the sounds again, but waited in vain.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by J. Schonberg
The mill had been throbbing and humming long before they reached it.
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore
Evidently Democracy had been throbbing with a passion for Protection hitherto unknown, even to itself.
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
As Bud wiped it off with his handkerchief, he could see that Gramps was not so tense and that the great vein in his neck, which had been throbbing furiously, had subsided.
From The Black Fawn by James Arthur Kjelgaard
