The lights pulsated with the music.
People danced to the pulsating sounds of hip-hop.
Virtually every scene of the movie pulsates with suspense.
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More a feature than a duet, but John’s emphatic vocals here pair well with the Gorillaz pulsating sound.—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 Getty Images News | Getty Images British national Tony Cross first set foot in Singapore in 1992, when the city-state’s main draws were its glitzy malls, the pulsating Zouk nightclub and the renowned Singapore Zoo.—Kevin Lim, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025 The pulsating warlike dances return, and the queen scribbles madly on the ground before collapsing before us.—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 With its pulsating electronic beat and avant-garde fashions (that archival Olivier Theyskens!), the song had Little Monsters putting their paws up in awe.—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulsate
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Etymology
in part borrowed from Latin pulsātus, past participle of pulsāre "to strike with repeated blows, beat, (in passive) beat wildly (of the heart)," frequentative or repetitive derivative of pellere "to beat against, push, strike"; in part from pulse entry 1 + -ate entry 4 — more at pulse entry 1
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