as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart
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Recent Examples of throb
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Disney has hired ex-Alabama coach Nick Saban—heart throb of millions of middle-aged Southern men—to be an ESPN commentator.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
But Harmony Korine’s latest marries a first-person perspective to a barrage of other visual noise on screen, including icons, pop-ups, picture-in-picture, and a chat overlay, all accompanied by a throbbing non-stop score by British producer Burial.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The music, which Carpenter recorded with his longtime collaborators — Cody Carpenter (his son) and Daniel Davies (his godson) — throbs with propulsive bass and icy synths.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Disney has hired ex-Alabama coach Nick Saban—heart throb of millions of middle-aged Southern men—to be an ESPN commentator.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
Verb
The noise of the cicadas throbbed terribly in the trees.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
But Harmony Korine’s latest marries a first-person perspective to a barrage of other visual noise on screen, including icons, pop-ups, picture-in-picture, and a chat overlay, all accompanied by a throbbing non-stop score by British producer Burial.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throb
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Not only can ultrasound be used to track the microparticles' location in the body, focused pulses of it can additionally be utilized to steer the particles through the bloodstream.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
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Another critical component of commercialization planning is keeping a finger on the pulse of what’s to come.Stephen Belcher, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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At Olive Garden, Darden’s largest chain in terms of revenue, same-store sales rose 2% and beat analysts’ expectations.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Colts 40-14 in an AFC playoff game.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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The more effective alternative to using their hands to wash their face is that this device vibrates 7,000 times a minute in order to get deep into pores and clean them out.Quincy Bulin, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024
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Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar timing array revealed a background hum of gravitational waves in the universe—ripples in the fabric of space-time.Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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Opening the laptop, the black, island-style keyboard flickers to life with pulsating three-zone RGB backlighting.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Representing heart-palpitating romance is the main storyline: the passion of Megha’s son Naveen (Carol Mazhuvancheril) for his boyfriend, Keshav (Noah Israel), a fellow Hindu who happens to be Caucasian.Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
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The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
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“Throb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throb. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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