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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Her lips were pinched and blue; that strange double look in her eyes,—one fastened upon Adèle, and the other upon vacancy; her hands clasped over her heart as if to stay its mad throbbings.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
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
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 Mary Baker Eddy
You are not satisfied with these Vague throbbings, nameless ecstasies, Nor can your spirit find delight In an amorphic great white light.
From Poems - First Series by J. C. (John Collings) Squire
No wonder, then, that she clung to her perverseness, and moved about on her restless pillow with no sweet or refreshing sleep to quiet the throbbings of her heavy brow.
From The Elm Tree Tales by F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge) Smith
