throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
has throbbed
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present perfectof throb (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This year the book trade's hot-stove league has throbbed with several questions: Can Peter Benchley snatch defeat from the Jaws of victory?
From Time Magazine Archive
My heart will never throb as it has throbbed; never rejoice as it has rejoiced; for she who lived but for me, who doubled all my joys, is gone!
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
The heart that has throbbed so many nights in fear and the breath that has been held for so many footsteps, at last have turned their straining into disease.
From A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White
My heart throbbed fiercely, as many another's heart has throbbed when he has come near the fulfilment of a great desire, whether lawful or guilty, and I tried to get at the brick.
From Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner
Pen and ink was a wretched medium for love, but the heart of the world has throbbed to its inspiration before now.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
