heart-throbbing

English

Adjective

heart-throbbing (not comparable)

  1. With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217:
      [A]t first the slightest suggestion of approach drove us into the scullery in heart-throbbing retreat.
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