heart-throbbing en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation; causing the heart to beat so.
[A]t first the slightest suggestion of approach drove us into the scullery in heart-throbbing retreat.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217: