noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a throbbing/pounding/blinding headache (= a very bad headache )
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He had a throbbing headache, behind his nose and his eyes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heart
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After a moment she moved away, her heart pounding .
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Cardiff turned, heart pounding and grabbed the handrail, hauling himself up the stairs.
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She poured the wine then backed away, her head bowed, her throat suddenly dry, her heart pounding .
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Four minutes later, he pulled up outside his house, jumped out and ran in, his heart pounding .
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I rise and move quietly away. Heart pounding .
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All I could hear was my heart pounding .
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His heart pounding , Jean looked at the door.
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So Ellie darted back to her room, and shut herself in, her heart pounding .
■ VERB
take
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The older kids get, the more your home takes a pounding .
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Referee Rudy Battle had seen enough soon after and called it off as Dixon took a pounding .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The pounding of hooves was getting nearer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Basrah also - as in the 1980s - received a severe pounding .
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She could feel the pounding of his heart against her chest, and the pulse leapt under her lips.