go pit-a-pat
Example Sentences
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Tough medicine, as she described it, and “stabilization” — which is “kind of my theme” — won’t make a great many hearts go pit-a-pat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
Then Carl felt his heart go pit-a-pat, and all the snow wreaths on the trees seemed to turn to bridal flowers.
From The Faery Tales of Weir by Anna McClure Sholl
Then my heart really did begin to go pit-a-pat.
From Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
And how their hearts go pit-a-pat, and look for it!
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Francis Beaumont
