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
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
The timing—the beat, the lag, the throb of the void—between stimulus and reaction.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
It’s heard in markets or throbbing from taxi radios and speakers in rickety roadside bars.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The music throbs and flourishes; so does the stage, loaded up with gondolas and chandeliers, fog and fashion and fur and roller-skates.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
The timing—the beat, the lag, the throb of the void—between stimulus and reaction.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
Verb
For all the surface sweep of the narrative, the drama centers intently on these individuals; there’s not much sense of life throbbing beyond their walls.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
It’s heard in markets or throbbing from taxi radios and speakers in rickety roadside bars.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throb
Noun
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In the daffodil spears thrusting up through dead leaves, each stalk swells with the pulse of a blossom-to-be.—
Rosanna Warren,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The sense of danger pulses through the whole movie.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The shock of the President Trump tariffs still vibrates through the world.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The vibrating bar also assists with lymphatic drainage, ably contouring, defining, and depuffing the face.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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More a feature than a duet, but John’s emphatic vocals here pair well with the Gorillaz pulsating sound.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Getty Images News | Getty Images British national Tony Cross first set foot in Singapore in 1992, when the city-state’s main draws were its glitzy malls, the pulsating Zouk nightclub and the renowned Singapore Zoo.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Broad palpitated with energy.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Throb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throb. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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