go pit-a-pat
Example Sentences
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Tough medicine, as she described it, and “stabilization” — which is “kind of my theme” — won’t make a great many hearts go pit-a-pat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
Then Carl felt his heart go pit-a-pat, and all the snow wreaths on the trees seemed to turn to bridal flowers.
From The Faery Tales of Weir by Sholl, Anna McClure
What is it that makes a man's heart go pit-a-pat when he is about to meet a European lady in mid-China?
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
Where once she made our hearts go pit-a-pat, To-day, alas, they only pity Patti.
From Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence
"Only a scraping of shoes on the mat Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!"
From Holiday Stories for Young People by Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth
