pulse rate
Example Sentences
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Once in the late 1950s, while building machinery to record sounds a heart makes, he accidentally used the wrong resistor, but its electrical pulse rate was steady, like a heartbeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The drums can produce melody and, while mellow, come alive with a speed that dramatically raises the pulse rate.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Apple is expected to begin selling its flagship smartwatches without the capability to detect people’s pulse rate.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
Many of these devices use colored lights, or optical sensors, to measure pulse rate and other variables at the wrist or finger.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022
When Maurice’s slow answer emerged as no, he wouldn’t mind, my pulse rate returned to normal.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
