pulsate
verb (used without object)
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
had pulsated
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past perfectof pulsate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-coloured and strangely pleasing.
From White Fang by Jack London
But the ether, which once had pulsated with music and friendly voices, now was silent, except for static.
From The End of Time by Wallace West
"As if they had been one man—as if their four hearts had pulsated in one breast."
From Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas père
