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throbbings

  • plural
    of throbbing.
    throbbing
    adjective
    beating or pulsing rapidly or forcefully, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement.

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Her eyes were full of tears of joy, and her heart almost bursting with the throbbings of delight, in the anticipation of again pressing her idolized child to her bosom.

From Madame Roland, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Then, truant, then the whisp'ring breeze Thy thoughts might interchange with mine; And, faithful carrier, swiftly bear The throbbings of this heart to thine!

From Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna by Velde, C. F. van der (Carl Franz)

I might snatch it perhaps but for these mad throbbings, this veil over my eyes, the dryness of my lips.

From Woman by Marx, Magdeleine

Voices of expectation rolling on To diapason of a mighty choir, 'Mid ever-swooning throbbings beating low, Wove in hoarse fabric thunders—and O soul!

From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius

The beatings of our heart can be heard; but the ceaseless throbbings and throes of thought are unheard, as it changes from material to spiritual standpoints.

From The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity by Eddy, Mary Baker