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 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)
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)
And how their hearts go pit-a-pat, and look for it!
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis
Where once she made our hearts go pit-a-pat, To-day, alas, they only pity Patti.
From Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence
