palpitate
verb (used without object)
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter.
was palpitating
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past progressiveof palpitate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She appeared composed and more cheerful, but her heart was palpitating terribly; and at every pulsation she felt the dangerous bundle concealed beneath her clothing, and she tightened still more the belt encircling her waist.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
My mind was palpitating afresh with those Earthly scenes which had for years been fading out of it.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass
I don't know when I have had such a turn; I was palpitating all through the prayer.
From Mrs. Tree by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Every nerve in Roma's body was palpitating, but she did not attempt to speak.
From The Eternal City by Sir Hall Caine
But the mother's heart was palpitating with another emotion.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
