pulse 1 of 2

as in throb
a rhythmic expanding and contracting his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age

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pulse

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verb

as in to throb
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat

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Recent Examples of pulse
Noun
DaSilva said the Madden-Julian Oscillation pulse made it to the eastern Pacific but fell apart before reaching the Atlantic. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 June 2025 There's also a new cardiovascular health assessment feature that uses pulse wave analysis and some of your watch's optical sensors to look for strain and arterial stiffness. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
Verb
Homes, bars, and dance halls pulsed with sound in a discordant, desperate attempt to stave off death. Christina Coulter, People.com, 4 June 2025 Every glide, every turn of his hand, pulses with emotion. Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulse
Noun
  • The ’70s-evoking folk fare that dots the front half of the record greatly contrasts with the dance floor throb of the latter, and few of the hooks hit as hard as some of her previous work.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • Not that anybody would have noticed amid the bedlam and the throb of Newcastle’s grand, old stadium.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Nothing beats a flattering linen dress for the summer.
    Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
  • On Wednesday, Fritz beat Canada's Diallo 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3 to reach Wimbledon's third round, in three hours and six minutes.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Weger was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal beating of Lillian Oetting, 50, in March 1960 at the scenic park near Utica.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • But the movie’s focus isn’t so much the zeitgeist that yields these public beatings, but rather, the strange and amusing way that a young woman present in the crowd, Maitri (Singh), uses this violence to her advantage in a moment of snap judgement.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • The controls are great, with flipper buttons, a plunger, and nudge buttons that include a vibrating rumble.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 26 June 2025
  • Being able to connect with it… something vibrated within me.
    Ayan Artan, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • To gauge whether the blood vessel pulsations propel glymphatic flow, the researchers stimulated the area of the mouse brain that produces the neurotransmitter, artificially speeding up the pulses from every 50 seconds to every 10.
    ByMitch Leslie, science.org, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone could see its pulsation in the swelling and ebbing cluster of people who took minutes or hours from a crowded day, who missed meals and forwent their customary amusements to keep a chilly vigil with a mother duck who was bringing forth her young.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024

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“Pulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulse. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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