- present participle of palpitate.
palpitating
Example Sentences
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“I’m sweating and my heart’s palpitating and all those things because I’m conditioned to be in that environment and go perform,” Baldwin said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
“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
That we are all of us individual moving dots, part of the same involuntary palpitating life, crisscrossing as we walk the streets.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2019
Just 17 days before the announcement, he quarterbacked Clemson in a palpitating 28-26 escape from Texas A&M, then appeared on TV as a smiling face of Clemson.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2018
Nerves twitched, and the vein in one wrist began palpitating.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
