as in pulsing
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
the heart muscle pulsates regularly to pump blood
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Recent Examples of pulsating
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Ramos revealed how the sculptures come to life, pulsating with emotion, as light sweeps through a cycle to mimic the day-to-night transition, from soft dawn gold, to midday clarity, to the dusk’s warmth, and into the retreat of night.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Another secret drinking lair within the Cosmopolitan, Ghost Donkey offers delicious drinks, pulsating Christmas lights and mirrors that give off infinity room vibes.
—Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
From the script, Pearson (Thamela Mpumlwana) suffers an asthma attack, the huffing and puffing pulsating the rhythm of the scene.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Many eyewitnesses described these craft-like objects as having three bright lights at each vertex and a central, red, pulsating light.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
At times, the DJ would shut off the music pulsating across the rooftop to heighten the tense games with the sound of a thumping heartbeat.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The Boiler cocktail bar will serve craft cocktails beneath a power generator that looms overhead like a flaming and pulsating mechanical beast.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The beeping, flashing, pulsating glory of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show has returned to Las Vegas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2017
Verb
The relentlessly pulsating tempo of the record is tailor-made for the most full-throttle parts of 5SOS’ live show.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The pulsating Afrobeats-meets-electronic rhythm and Victony’s buoyant vocals will start anyone’s day with their heart racing.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Ramos revealed how the sculptures come to life, pulsating with emotion, as light sweeps through a cycle to mimic the day-to-night transition, from soft dawn gold, to midday clarity, to the dusk’s warmth, and into the retreat of night.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Another secret drinking lair within the Cosmopolitan, Ghost Donkey offers delicious drinks, pulsating Christmas lights and mirrors that give off infinity room vibes.
—Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
From the script, Pearson (Thamela Mpumlwana) suffers an asthma attack, the huffing and puffing pulsating the rhythm of the scene.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Many eyewitnesses described these craft-like objects as having three bright lights at each vertex and a central, red, pulsating light.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
At times, the DJ would shut off the music pulsating across the rooftop to heighten the tense games with the sound of a thumping heartbeat.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
The Boiler cocktail bar will serve craft cocktails beneath a power generator that looms overhead like a flaming and pulsating mechanical beast.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
The beeping, flashing, pulsating glory of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show has returned to Las Vegas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsating
Verb
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That blue vein in her temple was really throbbing now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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What comes next is a scorching exploration of diaspora and survival told through the throbbing beats of EDM.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When Punch’s second act at last reaches the climactic series of encounters between Jacob, David, and Joan — mediated by Nicola (Camila Canó-Flaviá), a restorative-justice worker — the often bouncy, pulsing play ends up finding its greatest strength in stillness.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Closely related to this group are the siphonophores, which range from small animals being moved along by one or two pulsing chambers to large, complex animals, which can be seen as either a colony of different types of members or as one animal with organs that do different things.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And in 2024, the 6-seed Mets did it (beating the Phillies before losing to the Dodgers in the NLCS).—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Trump has also spoken at length about his concerns about the New York City mayoral race, criticizing the potential election of progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani, who drew national attention for beating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Pulsating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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