throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
have throbbed
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present perfectof throb.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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The lovely little town, whose streets for nearly six hundred years have throbbed with the often boisterous life of the student population, is at its best in the spring and early summer.
From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by James Kendall Hosmer
How some father-heart would have throbbed with pride to own him, and how gladly lifted the too heavy burden from his childish shoulders!
From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
How many hearts have throbbed with anguish, and eyes overflowed with tears at the utterance of these thrilling words!
From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Nevertheless something vague and confused must already have throbbed in the heart of the substance, because he seems to be waiting and seeking. . . .
From The Three Eyes by Maurice Leblanc
What hearts have throbbed over the early printed book!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 by Various
