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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Rather than relying solely on external commands, the system monitors the insect’s heartbeat, neural activity, and body motion to determine its internal state and decide whether stimulation should be applied.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
That’s true even if there is still a heartbeat, given the high risk of infection.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Meetings are the heartbeat of an organization’s culture.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Doctors and nurses with Doppler machines and ultrasounds kept showing up, forcing them to hear the heartbeat and see the movement of a tiny body.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
That’s true even if there is still a heartbeat, given the high risk of infection.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Meetings are the heartbeat of an organization’s culture.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Doctors and nurses with Doppler machines and ultrasounds kept showing up, forcing them to hear the heartbeat and see the movement of a tiny body.
—Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 26 May 2026
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 31 May. 2026.
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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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