pulse
noun
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
had pulsed
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past perfectof pulse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For an hour, the skies over Stanleyville had pulsed with airplane engines and apprehension.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was unfair, all of it, deeply unfair: that was the one thought that had pulsed through Izzy’s mind all night.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
There were magnetic disturbances, and on the night before the aurora had pulsed in the northern sky.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
No baleful sarcasms had pulsed beneath her vivacious prophecies.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
The emotion that had pulsed through her then had given the lie to the sullen silence upon which she fell back as a defense.
From The Sheriff's Son by William MacLeod Raine
