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
James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
As Emmanuelle watches herself through her lens, an autoerotic pulse throbs through the movie like a heartbeat.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
Woman from 1925, also known as Woman in Three Stages, shows desire, detachment and death on the same canvas while a man throbs with pain off to the side.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The timing—the beat, the lag, the throb of the void—between stimulus and reaction.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
As Emmanuelle watches herself through her lens, an autoerotic pulse throbs through the movie like a heartbeat.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
Verb
From the ankle that throbs as if it had been twisted, to the head that feels as if it had been placed in a bench vise, the body is a ladder whose rungs are aches and pains.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024
Woman from 1925, also known as Woman in Three Stages, shows desire, detachment and death on the same canvas while a man throbs with pain off to the side.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throb
Noun
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Listening, more than talking, is critical to understanding the emotional pulse of your organization, building engagement across the team, and strengthening psychological safety overall.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Mice typically produce pulses of ultrasonic squeaks that resemble syllables in human language.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Australia beat their oldest rivals by five wickets in their Champions Trophy group game at Lahore on Saturday.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Spencer pulls the big guy off Luca and beats the rapist into submission with his belt.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In sumptuously vibrating chords in the first movement of Schubert’s Fantasy, Olafsson’s touch was a little wetter and more muted, Wang’s percussive and as coolly etched as a polygraph.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Even the film’s basic exposition, showing Anna working in Klaus’s household and receiving her fateful instructions from Hansen, is richly suggestive of the turmoil vibrating beneath the orderly domestic surface.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Butler’s tracks give the show a requisite ‘70s groove that pulsates beneath the tensions and triumphs of its complicated characters.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
11 Dec. 2024
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At its center was a circular pool filled with pulsating water; outside in the garden, a choral arrangement by Bryars and his son Yuri sounded from the trees.—
Dean Kissick,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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 4 Mar. 2025.
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