throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
is throbbing
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present progressiveof throb (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But no, you realize; your head is throbbing, and since dead men don’t feel pain, you must be alive, to some degree.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
“It is throbbing with mystery and intrigue,” columnist Don Page wrote in The Times before the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
But at its end, a large postindustrial studio is throbbing with activity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2016
The untreated goiter on his neck — the one he tries to hide with his jacket collar — is throbbing.
From Washington Post
His shoulder is throbbing now and he cannot quite pinpoint when everything stopped making sense.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
