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Recent Examples of palpitate
Representing heart-palpitating romance is the main storyline: the passion of Megha’s son Naveen (Carol Mazhuvancheril) for his boyfriend, Keshav (Noah Israel), a fellow Hindu who happens to be Caucasian.
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Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
In one of the raciest vignettes, a man buys and eats fresh dumplings on a train, intermittently palpitating his sore gums with his fingers.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
My heart palpitates at the seriousness of his tone.
—Kelly Meldrum, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
Angelica Hernández’s heart hasn’t stopped palpitating for a week.
—Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
Angelica Hernández's heart hasn't stopped palpitating for a week.
—Author: Arelis R. Hernández, Cristina Corujo, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2020
The past three seasons, their games were marked by palpitating comebacks.
—New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
Anyway, back to the point: Rachel Bilson bumped into Adam Brody at JFK Airport, and the hearts of millennials across the globe promptly stopped, palpitated, or completely exploded.
—Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 14 Aug. 2019
Celia Wren, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
The matte, phosphorescent sigils painted onto his robe appeared to palpitate in the low light.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
In one of the raciest vignettes, a man buys and eats fresh dumplings on a train, intermittently palpitating his sore gums with his fingers.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 8 May 2020
My heart palpitates at the seriousness of his tone.
—Kelly Meldrum, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
Angelica Hernández’s heart hasn’t stopped palpitating for a week.
—Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
Angelica Hernández's heart hasn't stopped palpitating for a week.
—Author: Arelis R. Hernández, Cristina Corujo, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2020
The past three seasons, their games were marked by palpitating comebacks.
—New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
Anyway, back to the point: Rachel Bilson bumped into Adam Brody at JFK Airport, and the hearts of millennials across the globe promptly stopped, palpitated, or completely exploded.
—Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 14 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitate
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My toothache throbbed all the way down my neck as my cab passed shop windows filled with fresh pasta the color of spring hay, icebergs of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and ladies forming tiny tortellini around their fingertips, before dropping me off at an anonymous building in the centro storico.—
Marcia DeSanctis,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2025
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The next morning, my legs were still throbbing but guess what?—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For variety, for style, for fun, Bombay Street Kitchen is still the venue to beat.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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While those comps are impressive, 2023 numbers were not very tough to beat.—
David Moin,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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In sumptuously vibrating chords in the first movement of Schubert’s Fantasy, Olafsson’s touch was a little wetter and more muted, Wang’s percussive and as coolly etched as a polygraph.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Even the film’s basic exposition, showing Anna working in Klaus’s household and receiving her fateful instructions from Hansen, is richly suggestive of the turmoil vibrating beneath the orderly domestic surface.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Keys rang out late as bass pulsed, with the band stretching out on the opener.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The mesmerizing movement of men tossing sticks of fire on the sand and people pulsing to the beat in a haze of hookah smoke felt like a scene plucked straight from the show.—
Anna Haines,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Palpitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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