Example Sentences

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The freighter’s gigantic engines were throbbing, their heat shining through the thick steel hull.

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017

Though the official events of the day were over, the forests and fields covered with thousands of tents were throbbing with the beats and bass grooves of innumerable homegrown dance parties.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2010

Everyone rushed outside where the fire engines were throbbing away and a huge pump was pounding away as it tried to drain the flooding water.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2010

Back to his Palace went Haile Selassie, and within a few minutes the war drums were throbbing through the hills.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took a long time, and despite the jacket, his hands were throbbing with cold when at last he was satisfied.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda