palpitate
verb (used without object)
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter.
is palpitating
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present progressiveof palpitate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If your heart is palpitating with dread at the very thought of giving up sugar, you’ve arrived at one of the reasons why we eat so darn much of it.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2014
"My heart is palpitating so with excitement that I am afraid it will beat once too often if something doesn't happen."
From Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
Light is "palpitating," darkness is "palpitating"—every conceivable thing is "palpitating."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
Excuse me; I cannot continue this discussion: my heart is palpitating.
From Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Julius West
‘A story of adventure, every page of which is palpitating with action and excitement.’
From The Wallypug in London by Alan Wright
