go pit-a-pat

Example Sentences

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Tough medicine, as she described it, and “stabilization” — which is “kind of my theme” — won’t make a great many hearts go pit-a-pat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Then Carl felt his heart go pit-a-pat, and all the snow wreaths on the trees seemed to turn to bridal flowers.

From The Faery Tales of Weir by Sholl, Anna McClure

And he tossed his horned head and pawed the ground with his great hoofs in a way that made Sonny Boy’s heart go pit-a-pat.

From Sonny Boy by Swett, Sophie Miriam

I can't understand then what on earth I saw in the man who made my heart go pit-a-pat.

From Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

And they asked no questions, because it was all so dreadful mysterious and romantic, and made their little hearts go pit-a-pat to have such a poetic brother.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)