Tremble vs Throb - What's the difference?
tremble | throb | Related terms |
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
To pound or beat rapidly or violently
To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
# (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
A beating, vibration or palpitation
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, My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs , presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country}}