pitapat

Example Sentences

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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.

Just as she was ready to open, she heard the pitapat of little Nanna's steps on the bridge from the bank.

From Mary by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne

Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pitapat!

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

And their hearts go pitapat When they hear the soldiers come With a r-r-rat-tat-tat And a tum-titty-um-tum-tum!

From Love-Songs of Childhood by Field, Eugene

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