heartbeat

Example Sentences

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Once in the late 1950s, while building machinery to record sounds a heart makes, he accidentally used the wrong resistor, but its electrical pulse rate was steady, like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

‘Kharg is not just another asset. It is Iran’s economic heartbeat.’

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

At the heart of the third movie, Villenueve said, is a love story, adding that “the heartbeat of the film is still the relationship between Paul and Chani,” according to Deadline.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

On Wednesday, the judge found that Kwon had been informed by medical staff that her baby was healthy, and she had also heard its heartbeat via ultrasound.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The drums that had led me here blasted from one of the cars in the lot and my heartbeat fell into rhythm with them.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith