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plural of throb
as in pulses
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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throbs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of throb
as in vibrates
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line

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“Throbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throbs. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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