pulsate
verb (used without object)
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
were pulsating
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past progressiveof pulsate.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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Every fold, hollow and bulge is given sculptural form, producing a sense of animation, as if the inert material were pulsating with transcendental energy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2011
His eyes were pulsating in hectic desperation, flapping like bat’s wings, as the many tall policemen seized him by the arms and legs and lifted him up.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
These great events are of a rhythmic character; the crust, as it were, pulsating under the combined influences of sedimentation and denudation.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
It seemed as if the great Pacific itself were pulsating with unwonted joy.
From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Each man kept his feet carefully clear of the floor, while four pairs of eyes were fixed upon Dudley's tunic, the folds of which were pulsating under the violent lung-movements of the sheltering rodent.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Ernest Prater
