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[ US /ˈpæɫpəteɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. shake with fast, tremulous movements
    His nostrils palpitated
  2. beat rapidly
    His heart palpitated
  3. 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.
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