pitapat

Example Sentences

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"Three times and out," he whispered as the boys' hearts went pitapat.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

Awguan, top horse and foreman of Stanley's mount, swung pitapat down the winding pass at a brisk fox trot.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

How his heart had gone pitapat when he had discovered it and had quietly, oh, so quietly, dropped his baited hook into the clear, spring water.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

It was when the comandante, Don Señor el Coronel Encarnacion Rios, looked upon the little saint seated in the shop and felt his heart go pitapat.

From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.

Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pitapat.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)