go pit-a-pat
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
"Only a scraping of shoes on the mat Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!"
From Holiday Stories for Young People by Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth
"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
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)
Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
