Wondering how to use Throb in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pulse or beat.
Throb meaning
- To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
- To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
- To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.
Synonyms of Throb
Using Throb
- The main meaning on this page is: To pound or beat rapidly or violently. | To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood. | To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.
- Useful related words include: pulse, beat, thump, pound.
- In the example corpus, throb often appears in combinations such as: heart throb.
Context around Throb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Throb
- In this selection, "throb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heart, hearts, revving, rege, territory and gabriel stand out and add context to how "throb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a heart throb for women and a heart throb who broke. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "throb" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with throb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His eyes began to throb; every muscle hurt; even breathing hurt. (11 words)
He embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb. (13 words)
Mr. Crosby, the laconic, blue-eyed heart throb, was already an American institution. (13 words)
The TV series Normal People, about a teenage angst-ridden couple falling in love, has catapulted unknown actor Paul Mescal into heart-throb territory — he’s dubbed by one magazine ‘the romantic hero of 2020’. (35 words)
Prominent among the many sub-plots is the return of a former Bosso fans’ heart throb, Gabriel Nyoni, who for the first time will emerge from the away dressing room at Barbourfields. (32 words)
Happy Valley star James Norton is among the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond, joined by Bridgerton heart-throb Rege-Jean Page and Kick-Ass actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson. (31 words)
Or that Likud Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz was a heart-throb who broke every girl’s heart? (17 words)
Example sentences (13)
Happy Valley star James Norton is among the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond, joined by Bridgerton heart-throb Rege-Jean Page and Kick-Ass actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
He embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb.
He was also seen in a special song, Heart Throb for Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.
His eyes began to throb; every muscle hurt; even breathing hurt.
Mr. Crosby, the laconic, blue-eyed heart throb, was already an American institution.
Service is as lovely as the food, and we skip out into the soft, sweaty Hampshire dusk, our tongues a-throb, our spirits infused with pure Siamese glee.
The bike’s performance doesn't quite slap you into tomorrow but it is pleasantly thrustful and vocally exuberant with a hoarse, low-revving throb.
The TV series Normal People, about a teenage angst-ridden couple falling in love, has catapulted unknown actor Paul Mescal into heart-throb territory — he’s dubbed by one magazine ‘the romantic hero of 2020’.
Though becoming a heart-throb for women as he rose to fame in the 1950s, Fraser was gay.
Or that Likud Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz was a heart-throb who broke every girl’s heart?
Prominent among the many sub-plots is the return of a former Bosso fans’ heart throb, Gabriel Nyoni, who for the first time will emerge from the away dressing room at Barbourfields.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande: Young heart-throb, Sushant was in a live-in relationship with his ex-girlfriend Ankita.
The Globel Brothers – otherwise known as Ciaran Globel and Conzo Throb – and Elki will bring their creativity to Aberdeen’s walls for this year’s Nuart.
Common combinations with throb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: