as in throbbing
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat
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Recent Examples of pulsing
Westwood and its surrounding neighborhoods were pulsing with Iranian pride.
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Angela Osorio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
All that to say, design is the hotel’s heart, pulsing a refined yet approachable vibe throughout its very posh body.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
Musical cues swing wildly from choral eeriness to dead silence to pulsing synths without any discernible logic, frequently robbing scenes of rhythm and dread.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
The right work can make a subject that’s never crossed my mind, or that strikes me as aggressively boring, into something incantatory, pulsing with meaning.
—Deb Olin Unferth, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Accidental melodies fade in and out of earshot; pulsing chords rise up from below and are swallowed back into the murk, only to be replaced by other pulses running at different tempi, giving the impression of wheels within wheels within wheels.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
Olive Nwosu's debut feature radiates a restless, pulsing energy — both through the thrum of Lagos and the courage of its women.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Many of his voters are young and, like Japanese botanists who intentionally stunt growing trees, are devoid of the knowledge required to comprehend a pulsing metropolis.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Angela Osorio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
All that to say, design is the hotel’s heart, pulsing a refined yet approachable vibe throughout its very posh body.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2026
Musical cues swing wildly from choral eeriness to dead silence to pulsing synths without any discernible logic, frequently robbing scenes of rhythm and dread.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
The right work can make a subject that’s never crossed my mind, or that strikes me as aggressively boring, into something incantatory, pulsing with meaning.
—Deb Olin Unferth, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Accidental melodies fade in and out of earshot; pulsing chords rise up from below and are swallowed back into the murk, only to be replaced by other pulses running at different tempi, giving the impression of wheels within wheels within wheels.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
Olive Nwosu's debut feature radiates a restless, pulsing energy — both through the thrum of Lagos and the courage of its women.
—Teresa Xie, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
Many of his voters are young and, like Japanese botanists who intentionally stunt growing trees, are devoid of the knowledge required to comprehend a pulsing metropolis.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, the sheer curtains came alive with layered projections — solar flares, pulsing wavelengths, images of Reznor casting ghostly echoes of himself across the gauze in duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsing
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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
Verb
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Midway through my massage, the boat unmoored itself and set sail—setting off an initially alarming vibrating bed and whirring engine noise.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some physicists argue that this failure point in our understanding tells us that the universe is fundamentally composed not of particles, but of vibrating strings and membranes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Aggies received an automatic bid to the tournament after beating San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference tournament.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sacramento improved to 4-9 in back-to-back situations 24 hours after beating the Los Angeles Clippers.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Pulsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsing. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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