pulsate
verb (used without object)
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
pulsating
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present participleof pulsate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Snow” is a middling pop number dressed up with a trebly pulsating synth, while “Bass Persuades Remixx” is a decent rework of the opening track, adding some sawtooth synths and switching up the percussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
“He was to be seen as a much bigger threat this time and made up of a twisted mass of large, pulsating vines,” Gower says.
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
His eyes were pulsating in hectic desperation, flapping like bat’s wings, as the many tall policemen seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him up.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
