pulsate

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

Stars like cepheids, which pulsate, getting bigger and smaller, brighter and dimmer.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

Death is in the air; after one dancer collapses, another starts to sway and quiver, holding her hands, fingers splayed, in front of her face and chest as they pulsate in and out.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

Cepheid stars pulsate, getting brighter and dimmer in a very predictable way; the way they pulsate is closely related to how much light they put out.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

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

The camp pulsates with this collective energy, gearing up for change.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

During the climactic moment, a giant load-in door in the upstage wall slowly rose like a curtain onto West 45th Street, which pulsated with color and life.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

As music pulsated and his teammates, past and present, gathered at midcourt for tipoff, the former Laker sixth man and current Clipper starting point guard remained still, the only motionless person inside a sold-out arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

The channel has pulsated with activity all week, including rapidly evolving information, like which gates may become open for a few minutes to let evacuees through.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021

The earth was asleep, but it pulsated with power.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

Cameron Young snatched the prestigious Players Championship title from Matt Fitzpatrick's grasp in a pulsating finish at TPC Sawgrass.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

“A mist of the miraculous,” she writes, of life itself, “irreducible to stone and bone, pulsating with that eternal question: What is all this?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Wall-to-wall bodies, neon lights and pulsating house music greeted her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Something inside his brain was still pulsating and he was breathing.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah