as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting a palpitation of the blood vessels

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Recent Examples of palpitation This can cause symptoms such as blurred vision, dizziness, sweating, heart palpitations, and confusion. Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 25 Aug. 2025 McBride said her symptoms began in her young teen years and included anxiety, hair loss, dry skin, fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations and unexplained weight gain. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 But they were postponed twice on Thursday and Friday, first due to a severe thunderstorm that closed courts and then to allow time for Lai, who has complained of heart palpitations, to receive medication and a portable heart monitor. Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2025 People with heart disease: Symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath or unusual fatigue may indicate a serious problem. Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for palpitation
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Noun
  • Zambia strips away the noise — the crowds, the fences, the Wi-Fi — until you’re left with the raw pulse of life.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The technique uses sequences of laser pulses, effectively software instructions, to manipulate atoms in ways that cancel out environmental interference.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Long days of narration pummel my throat, a throb that never really goes away.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All three of them play brilliantly: Summer’s guitar, Copeland’s massive snare sound, Sting’s bass throb at the 2:58 point.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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