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    pounding example sentences

    pounding


    1. Of course Tdeshi never took this body pounding over the lake on two water park pumps in a fiberglass phallus; now that she thought of it


    2. But each morning, when the sun rose in the sky and lit up the Earth, he would feel his father's penance pounding upon his eyes and in his head


    3. There is a stone patio next to the building overlooking the pounding waves and a couple of local men sit drinking a beer at a plastic table and talking


    4. They listen to the waves pounding on the shore


    5. pounding, the breeze stops and there is total silence


    6. The sun is pounding down on the vessel


    7. He hears the waves pounding outside, sits up, throws off the blanket, sits on the side of the cot and looks about


    8. The breeze blows peacefully and we hear the far away sound of the surf pounding on the shore


    9. My heart was pounding


    10. breath on the barb of her fear, her heart pounding on and on

    11. I tried to relax but there was a horrible dull pounding, like heavy road works, that was setting me on edge


    12. Then I realized it was the sound of my heart pounding with fear


    13. a little as the pounding in his temples overwhelmed him and stars swam in front of


    14. However, despite all this encouragement, I’m still preparing myself for the worst as I dress myself in my best suit, and, with a pounding heart, present myself at the offices of the charity in Bristol on the 5th of the month at 11


    15. ‘Kate, no point pretending I don’t find you exciting, is there?’ he said, looking at me in such a way that my heart starts pounding


    16. We popped up bottom up, slammed back down on our faces and gradually righted to endure the same pounding for hours more


    17. The handle of the door squeaked as someone operated it from the hallway and her eyes flashed to the doorway, her heart pounding


    18. He took half a pace forward, stumbling a little as the pounding in his temples overwhelmed him and stars swam in front of his eyes


    19. It was pounding, and he felt so weak


    20. The lanterns are very effective and we make a good speed, pounding along the deserted tracks

    21. Reason, defeated by logic, fades; negative thoughts pounding me from every side, I struggle to rationalise


    22. and in their nostrils, heart pounding,


    23. I can hear Joris pounding along behind us


    24. ’ I went on, my heart pounding


    25. Ahead of us, originally hidden by a bend in the track, there is a small group of men working with large hammers, pounding the track


    26. They wait until we are some distance down the track before resuming their pounding


    27. She returned after several minutes with a cold compress on her head as it was pounding


    28. I take two and lie down again, every muscle in my head, neck and shoulders tensed against the pounding pain in my skull


    29. I try rubbing the back of my head hard and, for a moment, the pounding eases, only to come back with a vengeance as soon as the effect of the pressure wears off


    30. Gingerly I move my head and find that the pounding has now reduced to a vague ache

    31. Suddenly there was a loud uproar as the warriors all yelled out a guttural shout of acceptance, stomping their feet and pounding their shields with their spears


    32. My head was pounding


    33. We hear the sound of footsteps pounding along the corridor as Ben escapes from his sister’s wrath by locking himself in the bathroom


    34. I take Tilly through to the dining room where Alastair is still pounding away, though he turns and smiles at us vaguely, his mind firmly on the music


    35. Some of my earliest memories are of a printing press pounding away … with that wonderfully idiosyncratic smell of ink and paper … come to think of it I must have gone to stay with the grandparents when Chris was born … I’d have been about four then


    36. Without a word, she turned and walked off down the path, her heart pounding as his laughter sounded in her ears


    37. He stared at the words on the screen and felt his heart pounding


    38. She stood awkwardly, the sound of the sea pounding against the rocks below filling the air


    39. ‘No – isn’t he with you?’ she replied, her heart pounding loudly as she lied


    40. His father put a hammer in his hand and set him to pounding nails, attaching long flat planks to larger pieces of lumber

    41. For the second time, she stood, heart pounding, glued to the spot … watching Ozzie


    42. Her head wasn’t pounding anymore and her stomach felt as if the champagne had


    43. My heart was pounding even though all I had to do was


    44. headboard wouldn’t keep pounding my head


    45. he could smell the leather, then running his fingers over the rawhide and pounding


    46. She was exhausted, and her body hurt at every level, but she could still feel the warmth of his arms around her, holding her close to his pounding chest


    47. His breathing nearly doubled and there was a pounding in


    48. was no good; the pounding only displaced the wave of fat that was his belly


    49. She could hear the pounding of his heart, and the quick shallow breaths he was taking, but she didn't hear anything else


    50. Her heart was pounding so loud in her head














































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    Synonyms for "pounding"

    hammer hammering pound pounding throb throbbing buffeting drumming pitter-patter patter pulsation

    "pounding" definitions

    repeated heavy blows


    an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)


    the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)