heartbeat

Example Sentences

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Six weeks in, the pair sat in a hospital room holding their breath as a tiny heartbeat appeared on the screen, but later that day, Daisy began to bleed heavily.

From BBC

The viola sounds like a heartbeat heard through a stethoscope.

From Los Angeles Times

Brash and whip smart, she is the novel’s heartbeat, the shoot-from-the-hip scoundrel you love to root for.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s been the heartbeat of New York City for so long,” she said.

From Washington Post

On a nearby screen that looked a bit like a heartbeat monitor, a blue line represented his left hamstring, an orange one his right.

From Washington Post