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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

Her nostrils were palpitating and the corners of her mouth were drawn aggressively.

From The Princess Elopes by MacGrath, Harold

The pupil was just finishing his lesson, and some rather extraordinary sounds were palpitating among the arches and pillars of the old Minster.

From A Popular Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

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

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.