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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Onlookers gathered around the makeshift field, which had no clear outer bounds, as the pulsating drumming and anti-ICE chants led by Lxs Tigres del NorthEnd (an independent LAFC supporter group) filled the air.—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 More intense arrangements use pulsating choral music for high-stakes moments.—Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026 As Patrick Mahomes broke a huddle Wednesday afternoon, a booming speaker pulsating music onto the Chiefs’ training field, the actual soundtrack of the practice, belted out an instruction.—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026 Rio is complex and passionate, effervescent, and pulsating.—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pulsate
Word History
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