as in pulsating
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as in throbbing
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
the man's heart began to palpitate, and he feared another attack was coming on
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Recent Examples of palpitating
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Relevant, heart-palpitating, thoughtful, emotional, tense, thrilling, devastating and joyful.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitating
Adjective
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However, the 10 men kept plugging away in what was a pulsating end-to-end encounter and got a goal back after 68 minutes when Casemiro bulleted a header past Karl Darlow from a Ruben Fernandes cross.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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To experience the city’s culture at its most pulsating, visit during the annual Carnaval de Limón in October.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Dec. 2025
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The light bled red at Sixty-Seventh and Pacific, music throbbing through the speakers as Olivia Borsutzki relaxed her foot from the brake.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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And yet, as dynasties could emerge across a number of divisions in boys hockey this postseason, none should diminish what will be yet another heart-throbbing three weeks.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Denise attacked Djena again, beating her until Mohamed and their eldest son, Ahmed, pulled her off.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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After the shooting, federal authorities accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an ICE officer with a broomstick or a snow shovel during the incident, but those charges were later dropped after an investigation into whether the agents lied about the incident.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Drivers may also experience smoother brake operation because the system avoids the harsh pedal pulsing commonly associated with older anti-lock braking systems.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The Red side hits you first – deep crimson walls pulsing under neon light, electric and visceral.—
Ophélie Surcouf,
Variety,
30 Apr. 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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Then the controllers tried vibrating the drill to knock the rock loose and had no luck.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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“Palpitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitating. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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