pulsate

When a lower-mass star reaches the point where nuclear reactions in its core can no longer support it, the star becomes unstable and begins to pulsate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

The paintings — they’re big — pulsate on the walls.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022

It’s easy to get swept away in the enchanting and immersive images, sounds and songs of “Neptune Frost,” to simply ride the waves of vibes that pulsate and radiate from the film’s core.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

At the end of that season, Oakland hosted the American League wild-card game — also against the Rays — and 54,005 showed up, making the Coliseum pulsate.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2022

In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

If the joy of running is missing from Ms. Cain’s book, it pulsates through Martin Dugard’s “The Long Run.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

As a gentle breeze rustled the oaks and chaparral, Hughes said she felt the sanctity of Oak Flat in every breath: “That spiritual divine breath. It’s just here. It pulsates here.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

But the intoxicating strength of the show’s leading lady still pulsates throughout — even when, as is often the case with this concert stagings, Murphy had her book in hand for the dramatic scenes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

There’s a rhythmic dance in the visual language of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” that pulsates with energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

A sentence Etienne once read aloud returns: Even the heart, which in higher animals, when agitated, pulsates with increased energy, in the snail under similar excitement, throbs with a slower motion.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The arteries of the capital and other major cities pulsated with people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

During the climactic moment, a giant load-in door in the upstage wall slowly rose like a curtain onto West 45th Street, which pulsated with color and life.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

His ballads on Canadian themes, including “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” pulsated with a love for the nation’s rivers and forests, which he explored on ambitious canoe trips far into the hinterlands.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

As music pulsated and his teammates, past and present, gathered at midcourt for tipoff, the former Laker sixth man and current Clipper starting point guard remained still, the only motionless person inside a sold-out arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Despite the dim light in the cott — it was night-start by then — the golds and reds pulsated as if the morning sun itself had slid and twisted its rays into the cloth.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

Pushing through the glass double doors, I found every inch of the restaurant pulsating with some kind of sensory experience.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

As the ceremony continued, a DJ on a nearby stage cranked up the volume, and the pulsating music made it harder to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“He was to be seen as a much bigger threat this time and made up of a twisted mass of large, pulsating vines,” Gower says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Cameron Young snatched the prestigious Players Championship title from Matt Fitzpatrick's grasp in a pulsating finish at TPC Sawgrass.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Its body resembled a gigantic slug, sparsely covered in hair and glistening with slime, grotesquely pulsating in and out as it breathed.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner