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
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
The Gateway’s second iteration took place across multiple blocks of downtown Miami, filling them with pulsating digital art.
—Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 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
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s pulsating Globe-winning score for Challengers also looks to have no serious challengers in its way to victory after this first win at the Globes.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Jan. 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
Adjective
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
The Gateway’s second iteration took place across multiple blocks of downtown Miami, filling them with pulsating digital art.
—Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 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
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s pulsating Globe-winning score for Challengers also looks to have no serious challengers in its way to victory after this first win at the Globes.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Jan. 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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Even with a relatively small sample size, the anomaly stuck out like a giant, red, throbbing sore thumb — a favorite gag in animation.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Amongst those, the director highlights cinematographer Cris Neira — who worked in Cinemascope inspired by the work of Sergio Leone — and young musician Xenia, who wrote the film’s throbbing techno score after being approached by the director.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Also called water flossers, oral irrigators come in many versions with different levels of capacity, pressure and pulsing speed.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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To make for a more energy efficient and less nerve-racking exodus experience, once the line grows large enough, pulsing begins, wherein vehicles move in packs rather than lurch along at 5 mph.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 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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Yes, that’s Lane Kiffin adapting by becoming a basketball goal (while also adapting by beating Arkansas 41-35 with Division II Ferris State transfer Trinidad Chambliss stepping in for Austin Simmons at QB).—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Both sides have also carried out arbitrary detentions, with SAF interrogating and beating dozens of Christians in 2024 and 2025.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Pulsating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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