- present tense form of pulsate (3rd person singular).
pulsates
Example Sentences
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Whatever your musical taste, “Musical Bodies” pulsates with spirit and soul alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As a gentle breeze rustled the oaks and chaparral, Hughes said she felt the sanctity of Oak Flat in every breath: “That spiritual divine breath. It’s just here. It pulsates here.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
But the intoxicating strength of the show’s leading lady still pulsates throughout — even when, as is often the case with this concert stagings, Murphy had her book in hand for the dramatic scenes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
But in the French coming-of-age drama “Gagarine,” the electronic music pulsates under scenes of a very real and very earthbound public housing project on the outskirts of Paris.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
A sentence Etienne once read aloud returns: Even the heart, which in higher animals, when agitated, pulsates with increased energy, in the snail under similar excitement, throbs with a slower motion.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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