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 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 Drinking too much coffee can cause side effects like insomnia, anxiety, heart palpitations, or stomach pain, Jirapinyo says. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for palpitation

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In both cases, the same infrared pulses alone, without the upconverter, produced no measurable response at all.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Duke is in the driver’s seat, but the show pulses to a new level when the camera is trained on either Cebella or Kingsley.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of pulse

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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
Operating somewhere between the steamy formlessness of Topdown Dialectic and the tactile throb of Shackleton, Vasin uncovers some of his most distinctive rhythms by mutating the space surrounding his samples.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026

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