pulsate
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Stars like cepheids, which pulsate, getting bigger and smaller, brighter and dimmer.
From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023
They tore through cornfields like earthbound locusts, making the stalks pulsate as if buffeted by a strong wind.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The director allows her protagonist’s pain to protract and pulsate without narrative fuss; even scenes of turmoil unspool with a deliberate delicacy.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023
The flute solo made the hall pulsate with a full life of its own.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
Cepheid stars pulsate, getting brighter and dimmer in a very predictable way; the way they pulsate is closely related to how much light they put out.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing pulsate
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