Example Sentences

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And he was nervous here, too — the veins in his forehead were pulsing.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

By the searchers’ headlamps, the crabs in the water were pulsing shadows, disappearing and reappearing with the rhythm of the waves.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2011

Before Kino and Juana and the other fishers had come to Kino’s brush house, the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news—Kino had found the Pearl of the World.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

Suddenly it was as though the whole air had come alive and were pulsing, pulsing with the indefatigable movement of blood.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

At half past ten he began to worry; by eleven his legs were pulsing with pain, which was always, with him, a sign of approaching panic—“bubbles in my blood.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote