The legs of some creeping thing pass swiftly across his cheek, and again he shudders, and his heart throbs as if it would burst.
Had that man been afflicted with heart disease he would assuredly have dropped down dead on the threshold, for a mist was before his eyes and his heart was beating as if it would burst.
Her heart beat as if it would burst; every second was a lifetime; every pulsation of her throbbing temples seemed like the blow of a sledge-hammer, and her glance was fixed upon those terrible orbs with basilisk fascination.
They thought he would burst out in anger, but because he had been drinking, he fell all at once into tenderness.
For a time it seemed that either he would burst a blood-vessel or break into laughter; but at last he remembered that he was in captivity, and controlled himself quickly.
At each fresh sound she started up in terror, with her poor heart throbbing as if it would burst out of her breast, a cold perspiration breaking out on her forehead, and trembling in every limb.
Without waiting for her reply, Vallombreuse abruptly left the room, and returned in a moment with de Sigognac, whose heart was throbbing as if it would burst out of his breast.
Her heart throbbed as if it would burst; her fingers grasped feverishly at the latch.
His breath seemed to choke him, his heart felt as if it would burst.
The poor girl felt her heart swell within her, as though it would burst.
Mary Ashwoode awaited her approach, concealed in a small recess or niche in the wall, shrined like an image in the narrow enclosure of carved oak, not daring to stir, and with a heart throbbing as though it would burst.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "would burst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
