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Meaning of athrob | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/əˈθɹɒb/

Definitions

Throbbing.

not-comparable

Examples

“Thou wondrous harper, that hast thrilled my heart, […] And made me all athrob with ecstasy,—”
“The great test was on, whether such a nation could live, and Boston was athrob with love of country and eagerness to sacrifice.”
“[…] all the earth was blurred in darkness and the sky a-throb with starlight, for it was yet an hour until the rising of the moon.”
“I have my sore wound, all my length of arm a-throb with lancing pain;”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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