palpitant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of palpitant
1835–40; < Latin palpitant- (stem of palpitāns ), present participle of palpitāre. See palpitate, -ant
Example Sentences
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Throughout the palpitant anxieties which are the lot of every bride, Miss Kelly was everything the enthusiastic Monegasques could have wished.
From Time
The palpitant mosaic of the midday light Colliding, sliding, leaping and lingering: O, I could lie on my back all day, And mark the mad ballet of the midsummer sky.
From Project Gutenberg
Love and purity and spiritual aspiration perish first; with the result that the lower-grade female Subconscious emotionalism, instinct and palpitant with animal impulse, comes into play.
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Cleaving the air with their palpitant pinions, Wheeling and drifting, the beautiful seagulls Fly with the grace of unconscious perfection, Crying exultant and wild in a chorus.
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On rejoining Robin, I found him palpitant and perturbed.
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