pulsebeat

American  

[puhls-beet] / ˈpʌlsˌbit /

noun

1. pulse.

2. a hint or intimation of feeling, desires, etc..

   the pulsebeat of a town.

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Etymology

Origin of pulsebeat

First recorded in 1835–45; pulse ¹ + beat

Example Sentences

It was a continental tour – from gothic to postmodern, from the dark ages to Brigitte Bardot – with the pulsebeat of a speeding vehicle.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2016

He thus becomes a receptive but essentially passive observer of a garish, deadly world, living, as he puts it, "in the very pulsebeat of the tabloids."

From Time Magazine Archive

In a long, upholstered office in City Hall sat the man who had his finger on this pulsebeat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The danger: instead of capturing the hypnotic quality of Marquand's even-tempered prose, the writer may find he has only reproduced Marquand's low emotional pulsebeat.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you can hear the pulsebeat of a stranger, can feel it under your fingers—he's yours—he's you yourself.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann