[
US
/ˈpæɫpəteɪt/
]
VERB
-
shake with fast, tremulous movements
His nostrils palpitated -
beat rapidly
His heart palpitated -
cause to throb or beat rapidly
Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
How To Use palpitate In A Sentence
- My heart would palpitate and sweat glands shift into overdrive.
- How my heart palpitated with delight when, through apertures in the envious boughs, I at once caught the gleam of your graceful straw-hat, and the waving of your grey dress — dress that I should recognise amongst a thousand. Villette
- And why had so many teenage girls screamed and palpitated at the very thought of The Rolling Stones throughout the ‘sixties?
- His heart palpitated as he inwardly started to panic.
- While other organs might fill with blood, the heart palpitates, contracts, squeezes and pumps fluids.
- The images palpitate between bleached brightness and murk.
- Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
- One's heart palpitated for the duo whilst feeling their pain when their bodies - hands, feet and all - pressed against one another in uncomfortable maneuverings.
- Time always too long, long to palpitate.
- He felt suddenly faint, and his heart began to palpitate.