Synonyms of pulsing

pulsing

verb

present participle of pulse

as in throbbing

to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner

blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throbbing
• vibrating
• beating
• pulsating
• palpitating
• trembling
• fluctuating
• oscillating
• pitter-pattering
• quivering
• pit-a-patting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pulsing

And the choreography by La La Land’s Mandy Moore (no, not her) keeps bodies flowing through space like pulsing blood. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

But at night the Orb is designed to radiate a video projection pulsing with Technicolor luster. — Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

The question that haunts his stories, giving them a pulsing undertow of dread, is whether those things have already happened or not. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

And then there’s an energetic quality, at times radiating light and other times shining it—with or without pulsing strobes—on others. — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

From a production design standpoint, every wrinkle and pulsing nodule of the stomach had to be created. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Some do impromptu handstands against the wall, their feet tapping to the music; others migrate to adjacent gym equipment, pulsing on workout rings, swinging on knotted climbing ropes or swiveling their hips on a Bosu balance ball. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Her latest book is an ode to the artist Eva Hesse — and a pulsing meditation on identity. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Blood streamed through his veins, pulsing inside him, like a ticking time bomb. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026