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

I know it's all fake, but just the same, it makes my little heart go pit-a-pat.

From King Coal : a Novel by Sinclair, Upton

Then my heart really did begin to go pit-a-pat.

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

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 your little heart used to go pit-a-pat, so that you could hardly count the change?"

From King Coal : a Novel by Sinclair, Upton