Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: throb
IPA transcription: [θɹ'ɑb]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: throb
    Meaning: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
  • Synonyms: pulsate, throb, pulse
    Meaning: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
Usage examples
  • The air was full of a muttered throb.
  • A throb of thankfulness assailed her heart.
  • The whole tiny body seemed to throb with its heart beats.
  • "Am I pro-German if I fail to throb to Honest Jim Blausser, too?
  • There was only the desert silence, broken by the steady throb of the car's motor behind him.
  • Letty's heart felt one little throb of gladness at the thought of being again at Thornwick, and in peace.
  • His dream keyed him to a responsiveness which made his throat throb in sympathy with the vibration of her tones.
  • He could predict the death of a child, almost to the minute, without a change in his mask-like expression, and feel a faint throb of professional pride when his prediction was precisely fulfilled.
  • I swear before God, who seeth us, and who, in the darkness of this night heareth us, never shall my sword cross yours, never my eye express a glance of anger, nor my heart a throb of hatred, at you.
  • As she said this, she turned her back with disdain upon the picture of her home, and setting herself before the picture of the palace, stared at it with wide ambitious eyes, and a heart whose every beat was a throb of arrogant self-esteem.