palpitate
verb (used without object)
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter.
have palpitated
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present perfectof palpitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If it had been dipped in his own blood his utterances could not have been more forceful-could not have palpitated with a heartier affection for his Chinese brethren's sake.
From Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. by John Gerardus Fagg
Yet only three hours ago they had met on this very flagstone that must almost have palpitated to the pressure of her shoes.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
Had it, her little heart would have palpitated with fear.
From Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
How poor Ram Lal's heart must have palpitated!
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by S. Mukerji
How many times I have palpitated upon certain passages in The Education of Henry Adams and in Mr. Wells's Outline of History, which, I assured myself, would legitimately stand as essays if shrewdly excerpted.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
