were palpitating
- past progressive of palpitate.
Example Sentences
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While Italian wings were palpitating in far Brazil, Pilots Johann Risticz and Hans Zimmermann of the German Junkers Works, quietly took the duration record away from Ferrarin and Delprete, from rhetoric-loving Italia.
From Time Magazine Archive
While both were palpitating with fright, the handle of the door was tried, and a voice announced that the apprentice was without.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Now the brownish-gray steppes coming out from the fleecy fog of daybreak were palpitating with new life.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
The streets were palpitating with burghers ready to proceed to the frontier that night, and with refugees speeding to the stations.
From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.
The forests and rivers were palpitating with glad, soft sounds and gentle fervor.
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
