palpitating

[ US /ˈpæɫpəteɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /pˈælpɪtˌe‍ɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having a slight and rapid trembling motion
    my palpitating heart
    palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions
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How To Use palpitating In A Sentence

  • Hearts palpitating, ears magnifying the smallest sound, they stealthily waded across the river.
  • The morning star has the same palpitating hush; the early light is enmeshed in the branches that overbrow your window, as in those other days. The Fugitive
  • Then, she left the car and entered the hotel, her heart palpitating.
  • He rolled off her, panting heavily, his narrow chest palpitating like a frightened bird's. THE ONLY GAME
  • They passed Castle Crags, mighty-bastioned and glowing red against the palpitating blue sky. CHAPTER XV
  • An impressionable, palpitating creature was Ella, shrinking humanely from detailed knowledge of her husband's trade whenever she reflected that everything he manufactured had for its purpose the destruction of life.
  • My heart was pounding, my legs were palpitating, but I had reached the summit!
  • Her heart was still palpitating like that of a bird.
  • Such was her concentration that when Ian spoke to her, she jumped as though he had run a hatpin into her, and put a hand to her palpitating heart. Sick Cycle Carousel
  • I slipped out of the school gates, my heart palpitating rapidly yet I could hear every individual beat of my heart, echoing in my head.
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