heartbeat
noun
heart·beat
ˈhärt-ˌbēt 
Examples of heartbeat in a Sentence
The patient had a rapid heartbeat.
I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat.
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These numbers indicate the pressure placed on the blood vessel walls in relation to your heartbeat.
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Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
While the heartbeat of the play remains with Caroline and Maddie, Rhea certainly earns our sympathy if not our approbation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The idea was to basically create this sense of urgency and to almost link it to our collective heartbeat and excitement to try to eradicate the remaining 13 cases as quickly as possible.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Detecting the ‘heartbeat’ of a magnetar Magnetars are incredibly powerful cosmic objects.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
While the heartbeat of the play remains with Caroline and Maddie, Rhea certainly earns our sympathy if not our approbation.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
The idea was to basically create this sense of urgency and to almost link it to our collective heartbeat and excitement to try to eradicate the remaining 13 cases as quickly as possible.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Detecting the ‘heartbeat’ of a magnetar Magnetars are incredibly powerful cosmic objects.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heartbeat
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“Heartbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartbeat. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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heartbeat
noun
heart·beat
ˈhärt-ˌbēt
: a single contracting and expanding of the heart
Medical Definition
heartbeat
noun
heart·beat
ˈhärt-ˌbēt
: one complete pulsation of the heart
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