Thesaurus results for PALPITATION

palpitation

noun

ˌpal-pə-ˈtā-shən

Definition of palpitation

as in pulse

a rhythmic expanding and contracting a palpitation of the blood vessels

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Recent Examples of palpitation Duell said the constant stress of caring for her child has led to numerous health problems, including gut pain and heart palpitations. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 13 July 2026 Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 According to the Cleveland Clinic, more than 25 million American adults are affected by aerophobia, which can result in extreme anxiety, panic attacks, dizziness, nausea, and even heart palpitations. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2026 That may include irregular periods, hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disruption, joint pain, urinary symptoms, heart palpitations, migraines or mood changes that feel tied to your cycle. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for palpitation

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Noun

But opening credits notwithstanding, Schoenbrun and their cast aren’t trying to fashion a wax museum with a pulse.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
The elderly doctor had taken Marisa’s pulse and ordered for her to be put in a car and taken home; there was no cure for despair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulse

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There’s little sense of forward motion in these tracks, but even when simply drifting in place, the blend of atmosphere and physicality—sunset glow meets seismic throb—is payoff enough.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Evoking Sean Baker in its style, a whirlwind 10-minute opening sequence — sweatily shot by Adam Newport-Berra and feverishly cut by editors Taylor Levy and Sofía Subercaseaux to a steady, heavy throb of bass — establishes this world to either seductive or nightmarish effect.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2026

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