There were times when my heart was literally pounding from the action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Off: Speed Racer - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net] Reference

The pounding of feet on the hallway.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : to pound on a door. ,The drums pounded loudly.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to pound out a tune on the piano. ,He pounded his way through the mob. He pounded the door down.    From Dictionary.com. 

Tomorrow morning you start in pounding the rust off of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn] Reference

To-morrow morning you start in pounding the rust off of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn] Reference

He took a relentless pounding from the media and then from Palin.    From Wordnik.com.  [NJ/VA Palin-less? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

Italy, reeling under British and Greek pounding is screaming for help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embattled Britain] Reference

He completed just eight passes in 25 attempts for 125 yards and took a pounding from the defenders.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - South Florida vs. East Carolina] Reference

"My heart was pounding from the adrenaline," Tart said in apologizing to his girlfriend, Jaki Porteous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pebble Beach: Golf heaven] Reference

Steve's LCs were too far off to be hurt, but the Brit CAs copped a pounding from the Germans secondaries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

TORONTO (AP) - The Maple Leafs withstood an early pounding from the Ottawa Senators and then pulled out a late victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Visitors to San Pablito quickly discover that the constant sound of pounding is a distinctive reminder of the village's main industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did You Know? Most "bark paper" comes from wild fig trees] Reference

I smiled at him, heart pounding from the short plane ride.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Shadow of Freedom] Reference

And the worst is Martini’s style in pounding these points home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rant (with spoilers) Steve Martini's "Undue Influence"] Reference

The pounding was the beating of his heart, blood pulsing in his veins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Irda]

The liberals should like the idea of pounding “swords into solar panels.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will either candidate admit we need a 2nd bailout?] Reference

Migraine pain is moderate to severe, often described as pounding, throbbing pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weareaustin.com Health/Fitness Feed] Reference

I recall the pounding of her heart and how terrified she was, that is all I recall.    From Wordnik.com.  [UFO and Paranormal News] Reference

The pounding is the hardest and most difficult portion of the task, for the kernels are exceeding flinty, and fly off at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony] Reference

And we were all kind of pounding the phones immediately.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2009] Reference

Sing-song and 'pounding' are by all means to be deprecated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principles of English Versification] Reference

The people who possess this type are in fact always "pounding" at something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palmistry for All] Reference

Maybe the Democrats are having a hard time with the media, but they need to keep on "pounding," as "dar" writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOP Senators Again Block Debate On Escalation] Reference

Minister Didier Mumengi said government forces were stepping up their "pounding" of rebel positions in the southwest.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

On his birthday he will relive the experience of "pounding" the dusty road to school at Susanna in the Senekal district.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

BLACK: It ` s awful, I think, when you have people who are kind of pounding your wife, and you feel like, you know, a Mr. Britney Spears.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference

That kind of pounding on one's knees takes quite a toll.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

He didn't return to suffer through this kind of pounding in Provo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gazette.com :] Reference

His old habit returned to him, the old habit of "pounding" a prisoner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Never-Fail Blake] Reference

I'm wondering, would Jackie Bruchi consider doing arithmetic a "pounding"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

Apparently, what I'm doing can be called a "pounding" that I will "force him to endure.".    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

After all, he RECEIVED...a pounding, that is.    From Wordnik.com.  [B-List Bad Guys From Back in the Day] Reference

"pounding" noise and seeing two young men run from the scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Union - All Categories] Reference

The pounding cracked the suspect's left index finger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference

Hence the city's new ban on pavement-pounding pachyderms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beast Ban] Reference

At the end, she's dog-tired -- sweating, her pulse pounding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tougher Than She Looks] Reference

Next he grabbed a knife and stabbed their lifeless bodies, pounding at them maniacally.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Horror, The Horror] Reference