throb
verb (used without object)
to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
throbber
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a word derived from
throb.
Example Sentences
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Truly they our throbber had; The passions plumping, passions playing leech, Cunning to trick us for the day's good cheer.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
Since 'tis so then, little throbber, You and I, alas! must part, I'd not be thy comfort's robber; To her I'll resign thee, heart.
From The Bakchesarian Fountain and Other Poems by Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin
