- present tense form of pulsate (3rd person singular).
pulsates
Example Sentences
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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
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
Audaciously intercutting scenes of performance and the characters’ personal lives, Ranjith crafts a drama that pulsates with rage, humor, grief and magic, while daringly interrogating the very possibility of making political art.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
An electrified canopy pulsates like a billboard on the Strip, and the chorus materializes in costumes by Alejo Vietti that are color blocked to resemble the geometric paintings of Piet Mondrian.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
The blue fretwork of veins in Hauptmann’s forehead pulsates.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
