I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a throbbing pain (= a pain that gets stronger and then weaker, in a steady continuous beat )
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I’ve still got this throbbing pain in my leg.
a throbbing/pounding/blinding headache (= a very bad headache )
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He had a throbbing headache, behind his nose and his eyes.
sb’s head hurts/aches/throbs
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Her head was throbbing and she needed to lie down.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
head
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Her head began to throb at once.
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My head is throbbing with pain.
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His head throbbed , and every tiny movement of his mouth stung.
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Her head was throbbing so vilely that the effort was too much.
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Her head throbbed , but she ignored it as she probed and pried.
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My head was throbbing from the drink.
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Madame Astarti's head was throbbing .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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throbbing samba music
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By late afternoon my head was throbbing, and I couldn't see straight.
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Every morning I wake up with a throbbing headache.
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He limped heavily, nursing his throbbing ankle.
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I felt a throbbing pain in my left shin, and pulled up my trouser leg to see what was causing it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For ever, for ever, for ever: the reverberation throbbed in his bones.
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That night in bed, her hip throbbed.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the throb of her beating heart
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Detectable above the hubbub was the relentless throb of Christmas carols.
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He listened to the throb of the ship's generators, a noise he associated with every ship he had travelled on.
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I'd get this throb all over my body.
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Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up.
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She allowed herself the luxury of screaming, and yelped as each stroke ignited a searing throb in her outraged fundament.
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The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient, reined-in horsepower.