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Answer for the clue "An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart) ", 9 letters:
throbbing

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throb \Throb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Throbbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Throbbing .] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.] To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
beating or pounding strongly n. That which throbs. v (present participle of throb English)

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See throb

Usage examples of throbbing.

Hands that she wanted to feel on various annoyingly throbbing body parts.

By that evening his entire right leg was throbbing like a rotten tooth, and under the skin he could see the telltale red lines of blood poisoning radiating out from the wound, which had only begun to scab over.

In this light, in this drizzle, with his legs and head still throbbing from the bringdown, New York had all the charm of a dead whore.

A wool blanket mantled his throbbing shoulder, soaked in the heat thrown off by a nearby campfire.

He stood now several paces from Ronin with Matsu drawn to his side, his dirk at her throbbing white throat, so perfect, like ivory.

The soft sweet slushings and the suckings and the nibblings of her dainty lips, the flickings of her ardent little pink tongue over my ardent, puckering cocktip and along the velvety pink and throbbing crannies of the meatus, had driven me to an ungovernable frenzy.

Emily swallowed and closed her fingers around his meaty throbbing shaft.

If there is febrile excitement, a hard pulse, frequent and throbbing, and if there is headache, thirst, parched lips, hot and dry skin, as is sometimes the case, then menorrhagia is due to an augmented action of the heart and arteries, and the indication of treatment is to diminish vascular action.

Cappy was bent over the essay-type meteorology quiz, the tension throbbing in her temples.

Hidalgo del Parrel before my arms and side started throbbing so much that I thought I was going to pass out.

The never-ceasing beat of the Potlatch drums made a throbbing, low accompaniment to their guttural tones and laughter.

He added more disks of iron to the polished bar, pressing greater and greater poundage, his muscular body streaming with sweat, veins throbbing at his temple.

First, she endeavoured to conceal a throbbing melancholy heart with the utmost sprightliness in her countenance, and the highest gaiety in her manner.

Basilica itself, but his senses, he knows, can no longer be trusted, for he also seems to hear the murderous cries of squealing assassins, angels fluttering and making rude windy noises overhead, and a little whistlmg sound inside his skull as though something might be boring away in there, and the blur before his eyes is throbbing as though his pulse were beating on him from without.

He walked around in front of her, still stroking her throbbing clit while his other hand squeezed her bottom.