Verb (used without object) : He throbbed at the happy thought. ,The cello throbbed.    From Dictionary.com. 

Once again, the word throbbed between them, and once again it evoked an emotional response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Lines]

I dreamt I saw him sailing away and he spoke to me, but I thought my brain throbbed so loud that I could not hear him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference

My ears throbbed from the deafening boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fury Jungle | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference

Her head ached " throbbed " and her mouth was dry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spellsong War]

Faint music of thy breast has throbbed the faster.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence] Reference

His body ached and throbbed; it was painful to move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom of the Raiders] Reference

The flying machine shook and throbbed in every part.    From Wordnik.com.  [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference

Pride, honor, country throbbed through all his strain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference

 His arm throbbed; the pulse of it matched to his heartbeat.    From Wordnik.com.  [What the Father Said] Reference

Confused thoughts crowded his brain; his temples throbbed, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Roussel's voice, and yet her heart throbbed at his first words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

As Dennis reached this announcement his head throbbed violently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference

The hand she held out to him throbbed quick and hard in his grasp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

He staggered on his feet and grabbed his head that throbbed in pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boom] Reference

Give me the lion heart which erst throbbed in your dauntless breasts!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

All felt the tense strain, and throats grew dry and temples throbbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greater Love] Reference

As if on queue, his shin throbbed where he'd whacked it on the stairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Even the Good Days] Reference

A deep and sickening pain throbbed from my breastbone down my left arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Card Trick] Reference

 The pain was acute at first, and it throbbed the length of his forearm.    From Wordnik.com.  [What the Father Said] Reference

Her head throbbed, made worse with each explosion, scream, glass shattering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urumqi] Reference

How her young heart throbbed as her black eyes peered forth into the darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War] Reference

One note throbbed in the background of every interview with responsible persons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference

It throbbed in his temples, ached to the ends of his toes, set his body aflame with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monster] Reference

Then the engine screamed, throbbed, and with quickening speed rushed out into the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

But when my hour was up and my deep tissues throbbed with contentment, I forgave the rube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confessions of a Fat Runner] Reference

Ernest did not realized what had happened until the pain in his hand turned hot and throbbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blueberries] Reference

His face darkened; his head throbbed once more; with his fingers he idly picked at the straw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference

Lily was half-stunned, the world throbbed before her eyes, and, delirious with wrath, she hissed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

All the time the building trembled and throbbed, and this throbbing was communicated to the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference

Stars danced around in my head, jackhammer-like pain throbbed and I couldn't focus my eyes for a bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Rather: Kids, Head Injuries and the NFL] Reference

He flew home to spend time with his family on the off day and his knee still throbbed when he got off the plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Willingham likely done for the season] Reference