Example Sentences

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"It's a pump that will pulse in both sides, to create beating in both chambers, and allow people currently waiting for a transplant, people with terminal heart deficiencies, to keep on living."

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Image: James Bareham / The Verge When plugged in to charge, the controller LEDs will pulse with an orange light.

From The Verge • Aug. 22, 2022

For example, if your board is vertical, and therefore the motors aren’t going to start, the remote will pulse.

From The Verge • Jan. 17, 2020

Speak a short message and it will pulse through the tunnel in waves of sound and light.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2013

And when hearts in other lands are sinking from repeated failure, they will pulse with the inspiration of a fresh courage when the story of our efforts and our triumphs is recalled.

From The Young Priest's Keepsake by Phelan, Michael