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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Ah—that "Girl I've left behind me!"—which so many thousands of women have throbbed an accompaniment to, and will again to-day if ever they did!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
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
All that portion of her womanly nature which might have throbbed lay in a dead calm.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various
My cerebrum must have throbbed itself to pieces upon the addition of another cypher.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
I have no doubt that underneath those straight waistcoats hearts have throbbed at the sight of woman and child, and longed for home and family life, with yearnings that could not be uttered.
From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb
