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Recent Examples of palpitate
The Broad palpitated with energy.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Representing heart-palpitating romance is the main storyline: the passion of Megha’s son Naveen (Carol Mazhuvancheril) for his boyfriend, Keshav (Noah Israel), a fellow Hindu who happens to be Caucasian.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
In one of the raciest vignettes, a man buys and eats fresh dumplings on a train, intermittently palpitating his sore gums with his fingers.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
Angelica Hernández's heart hasn't stopped palpitating for a week.
—Author: Arelis R. Hernández, Cristina Corujo, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2020
The past three seasons, their games were marked by palpitating comebacks.
—New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Representing heart-palpitating romance is the main storyline: the passion of Megha’s son Naveen (Carol Mazhuvancheril) for his boyfriend, Keshav (Noah Israel), a fellow Hindu who happens to be Caucasian.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
In one of the raciest vignettes, a man buys and eats fresh dumplings on a train, intermittently palpitating his sore gums with his fingers.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
Angelica Hernández's heart hasn't stopped palpitating for a week.
—Author: Arelis R. Hernández, Cristina Corujo, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2020
The past three seasons, their games were marked by palpitating comebacks.
—New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitate
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The collection consists of the sneaker brand’s UNO sneakers (which, PSA, are a fab Nike Air Max alternative), Arch Fit, and Slip-Ins—all of which include some of the most impressive cushioning and support, so your feet won’t throb after standing for hours in a field.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
19 Mar. 2026
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The smoke kept rising and the clouds continued to throb with sickly yellow-and-black whorls until just after sunset, when the boiling mass of vapor suddenly turned pink and scarlet, like a poisonous flower opening its petals.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Henry High School assured itself of a winner-goes-to-the-championship game with Cathedral Catholic, beating the Dons 18-7 Tuesday at Cathedral Catholic.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Lauer — who held the Rockies to one run and four hits in his six-inning Dodgers debut Tuesday — as the Dodgers beat the Rockies 15-6 — was a midseason addition as injuries thinned the team’s starting pitching depth.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Simpson, butched up and closed off and vibrating with inarticulate pain, is superb in the part, and Jimenez’s rigid shoulders and frozen face are wrenching.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Days after the shooting stunned Shreveport, a whirlwind of police lights, camera crews and grieving relatives swarmed the neighborhood where the killings unfolded, the streets vibrating with sirens, the air shrouded in questions and disbelief.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Hidden inside the orb, an antenna rotates while pulsing electromagnetic waves into the distance, waiting for a faint bounce to arrive back in the dish.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Beneath us, on an operating table, a brain pulsed through a roughly six-inch hole carved by a bone saw.—
Martha Raddatz,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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“Palpitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitate. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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