THROB in a Sentence
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83 example sentences for THROB, such as:
1. A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.
2. She felt her heart give a great throb.
3. The back of my neck throbbed painfully.
4. Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
5. Her head was throbbing and she ached all over.
2. She felt her heart give a great throb.
3. The back of my neck throbbed painfully.
4. Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
5. Her head was throbbing and she ached all over.
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Meanings and Examples of THROB
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throb
n. a deep pulsating type of pain
n. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
Classic Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1 A cold little fear was beginning to throb in Scarlett's breast.
2 It was blindingly, glaring hot and as she hurried down Peachtree Street her temples began to throb from the heat.
3 Her sore foot, forgotten in the excitement, now gave a tremendous throb that made her grit her teeth and shift her weight to the heel.
4 Outside the window, beyond the fly-screen that was opaque with dust and cottonwood lint, Main Street was hushed except for the impatient throb of a standing motor car.
5 For as the swift monster drags you deeper and deeper into the frantic shoal, you bid adieu to circumspect life and only exist in a delirious throb.
6 Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
7 Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed, is forgotten by the Man of Sorrows, the Lord of Glory.
8 First, I smiled to myself and felt elate; but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the accelerated throb of my pulses.
9 It worked and worked faster: I felt the pulses throb in my head and temples; but for nearly an hour it worked in chaos; and no result came of its efforts.
10 The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.
11 My heart beat fast and thick: I heard its throb.
12 And when passion is dead, or absent, then the magnificent throb of beauty is incomprehensible and even a little despicable; warm, live beauty of contact, so much deeper than the beauty of vision.
13 The air was full of the throb and hum of machinery pumping air down the shaft.
14 I lay down on the edge, for the throb of the great pump below made me giddy.
15 For some way I heard nothing but the crackling twigs under my feet, the faint rustle of the breeze above, and my own breathing and the throb of the blood-vessels in my ears.
Example Sentence:
1 Such was her obsession for collecting any memorabilia of her heart throb, that she stole about a million dollars from her employer, North Kesteven District Council, to fund her habit.
2 She felt her heart give a great throb.
3 My feet were throbbing after the long walk home.
4 Both records have a good throbbing bass which is great to dance to.
5 Her head was throbbing and she ached all over.
6 Her heart was throbbing with excitement.
7 When the band plays "Time to Get Ill," the Garden is shaking, the cameras are vibrating and you can almost feel the bass throbbing in your body.
8 The back of my neck throbbed painfully.
9 A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.