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pulsate

[puhl-sayt] / ˈpʌl seɪt /


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We sense that everything is equally important; nothing enjoys pride of place; there’s no room where the architectural energy starts to pulsate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When a lower-mass star reaches the point where nuclear reactions in its core can no longer support it, the star becomes unstable and begins to pulsate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

They tore through cornfields like earthbound locusts, making the stalks pulsate as if buffeted by a strong wind.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

All of these movies pulsate with the breathlessness and disorientation of a country simultaneously grappling with the past and speeding toward a confusing future.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

It seemed to pulsate in a rhythm as faint and uneven as that of the wind.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

If the joy of running is missing from Ms. Cain’s book, it pulsates through Martin Dugard’s “The Long Run.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

But in fellow Brit Steve McQueen’s muscular, sincere “Blitz,” his latest reckoning with the heartbeat of historical incident, life under the threat of annihilation pulsates a little more strongly than that beloved phrase would suggest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024

It’s etched into the curves of the mountains, the rhythm of the ocean, the aroma of coffee and the beat of music that pulsates through the city.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 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

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

The arteries of the capital and other major cities pulsated with people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

His ballads on Canadian themes, including “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” pulsated with a love for the nation’s rivers and forests, which he explored on ambitious canoe trips far into the hinterlands.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

Max’s “Finale: Late Conversations With Stephen Sondheim” pulsated with theatrical sensibility and insight into the art form.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

With each hit, each shot and every extra effort made to push the puck out of the defensive ends, both arenas pulsated under the din, but Edmonton’s seemed more thunderous.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2022

They pulsated with the love of all things alive, a powerful yearning that Sierra could taste.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Reigning champions Arsenal came from behind to beat big-spending Chelsea in a pulsating London derby at Emirates Stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Pushing through the glass double doors, I found every inch of the restaurant pulsating with some kind of sensory experience.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Vecna’s form is charred and the vines that compose his body can be seen pulsating like they are alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

The result, after four years of development, hit theaters last summer as an Apple and Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, 2½-hour feature—called, appropriately enough, “F1”—that married the pulsating action of “Top Gun” with the real-life universe of F1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

I ran my pinkie over the vein and felt it, pulsating against my skin.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat


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