palpitating

Example Sentences

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“The crowd went berserk. Just for the occasion, we brought in EMTs who were standing by in case someone's heart started palpitating a little bit too quickly.”

From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2020

Angelica Hernández’s heart hasn’t stopped palpitating for a week.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2020

There she would watch the ceiling till mid-afternoon, her heart palpitating with exhaustion, when she would leave for the school pickup.

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2018

“The popular poetry of Nicanor Parra is red and palpitating like a fighting cock crowing in the ring,” wrote literary critic Fernando Alegria in “Literature and Revolution.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2018

His eyes and nostrils were running, and his palpitating crimson lower lip was splattered with a foamy dew.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller