throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
had throbbed
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past perfectof throb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Almost every day for weeks past the new F4U had been rolled out of the Vought-Sikorsky plant across the road, had throbbed, roared, leaped into the air, whisked out of sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
For months M-G-M had throbbed with preparations for a super-epic Quo Vadis, based on the famed Sienkiewiecz novel about Roman persecution of the early Christians.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sun, that had throbbed the livelong day like a great heart of fire in a sea of brass, was sinking from sight in clouds of crimson, purple and gold, yet Paul's Walk was crowded.
From The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming
Down the avenue beyond the great gate, the flambeaux clustered and faded and diminished, the band music had throbbed to silence and about them was only the silver, dew-silent night.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
The next moment she caught a dull thud in the watery distance, as if some pulse of the night had throbbed feverishly.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
