to pulsate

Examples

• All

• Whose rhythm pulsated with life.

  Wonder Wheel (2017)

• As the heart started to pulsate faster, I could feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins.

• And so a star that took weeks or months to pulsate was much brighter than one that took just days.

  The Royal Institution

• The lights and music pulsate like heartbeats.

  Harvard University

• Although we never hear her voice, the film pulsates with the music she creates.

  Academic text (2007)

• Hawkeye's brain is pulsating with energy.

  The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

• The outer atmosphere extends even farther out and pulsates over a longer period of time than the lower atmosphere.

  Academic text (2004)

• "The Click Song" represents the vibrant and pulsating rhythms of Xhosa music.

  Academic text (2015)

• The blue veins in Diana's marble skin pulsated, and she felt a heightened sense of awareness.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The strobe lights began to pulsate in time with the music, creating an exciting atmosphere.

Synonyms

B

to beat

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∞ 1.2

To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm

is internal rhythmic movement not involving hitting or striking

P

to pulse

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20 4.2

To move in a steady rhythm like a heart

is the broader action including expansion, contraction, or regular rhythm

T

to thump

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10 3.5

To make strong regular beats you can feel in your chest

is the same rhythmic motion but usually lighter and less sound focused

T

to throb

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8 3.1

To beat or pulse strongly, often with pain and strong feeling

is similar but usually less intense and without strong emotion

Antonyms

C

to cease

324 3.6

To stop or come to an end

How Rhythmic

to throb

8 3.1

to pulsate

13 4.1

to vibrate

91 2.8

to quiver

47 4.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology