palpitations
- plural of palpitation.
Example Sentences
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As the appropriately dubbed "Pension Palpitations" report details, the S&P 500's pensions are now collectively underfunded by at least $115 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Palpitations of the heart, the missing of beats, and pains in the heart region frequently arise from this cause.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
"Palpitations," "flutterings," "sinking feelings," all show that, in the language of Scripture, "the heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place."
From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther
The very same Cause, or Causes, which occasion these Swoonings, also frequently produce violent Palpitations, under the same Circumstances; the Palpitation often preceding or following the Deliquium, or Swooning.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
