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Examples of pulsate in a Sentence
The lights pulsated with the music.
People danced to the pulsating sounds of hip-hop.
Virtually every scene of the movie pulsates with suspense.
Recent Examples on the Web
Hundreds of thousands will know what that throbbing, pulsating sound is for three days this weekend that’s booming for blocks from downtown Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Other symptoms are often also present during a migraine attack such as pulsating discomfort or throbbing on one side of the head, feeling nauseous or experiencing uncomfortable sensitivity to light and sound.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
What van Dijk and Alisson and, above all, Rodri do might not be as thrilling, as pulsating or as delicate as scoring a goal, but that should not reduce its value.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The air crackled with a latent energy, and some kind of pulsating sound was emanating from the electric wires above my head, or maybe from the buildings themselves.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
The final five minutes were pulsating, with a series of ties and lead changes.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
With glyph-like symbols arranged in a grid—possibly influenced by Krasner’s Hebrew studies during her childhood in Brooklyn—the Little Image paintings pulsate with jagged intensity.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024
Coming back from down 15 points only to nearly unravel, the young UCLA Bruins finally closed out a taut game in pulsating fashion, pulling out a 68-66 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday night at Desert Financial Arena.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
The city is pulsating with NBA fans who are funneling through different events.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Other symptoms are often also present during a migraine attack such as pulsating discomfort or throbbing on one side of the head, feeling nauseous or experiencing uncomfortable sensitivity to light and sound.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
What van Dijk and Alisson and, above all, Rodri do might not be as thrilling, as pulsating or as delicate as scoring a goal, but that should not reduce its value.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The air crackled with a latent energy, and some kind of pulsating sound was emanating from the electric wires above my head, or maybe from the buildings themselves.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
The final five minutes were pulsating, with a series of ties and lead changes.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
With glyph-like symbols arranged in a grid—possibly influenced by Krasner’s Hebrew studies during her childhood in Brooklyn—the Little Image paintings pulsate with jagged intensity.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024
Coming back from down 15 points only to nearly unravel, the young UCLA Bruins finally closed out a taut game in pulsating fashion, pulling out a 68-66 victory over Arizona State on Wednesday night at Desert Financial Arena.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
The city is pulsating with NBA fans who are funneling through different events.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Pulsate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulsate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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