palpitate
verb (used without object)
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter.
had been palpitating
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past perfect progressiveof palpitate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The heat that had been palpitating through all the City's streets since early morning was swiftly giving place to a certain cool and odorous dampness.
From A Man's Woman by Frank Norris
Wheatley had been palpitating for five days straight at the prospect of coming here.
From An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse
