palpitate
verb (used without object)
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter.
palpitates
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present tense formof palpitate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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While he’s on the run, Sid’s mind palpitates with dread.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2016
This is the first test of a new high-intensity underwater blue light source, and my heart palpitates in anticipation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012
The air of the whole neighborhood palpitates with the muffled thunder of Wasps and Hornets on test stands in the research buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tender surface of Rodin's burnished bronze palpitates with life; Brancusi's pitted limestone is all idea.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the eye some things seem at rest and others in motion; but we know that nothing is really at rest, that everything palpitates with molecular change, and whirls with the planet through space.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
