throbbing
adjective
beating or pulsing rapidly or forcefully, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement.
throbbings
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pluralof throbbing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now it hurries again, as if these were its last throbbings, which it would fain beat out rapidly.
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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 Madison Julius Cawein
Go, then, my son, and still the wild throbbings of thy heart over the silent beds of those who wake no more till the resurrection morn.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney
Bichat shows, in his researches on life and death, how the black and carbonized blood disturbs the functions of the brain and acts like a narcotic poison, causing the heart finally to cease its throbbings.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin
The arms were raised, half threateningly, half imploringly, and the lithe, vigorous form swayed in unison with the wild throbbings of a heart in which sated hate did mortal battle with outraged love.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
