heartbeat

Example Sentences

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She recalled attending a routine appointment while pregnant with her third child when she was told there was no heartbeat.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

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

Symptoms can include a racing heartbeat; feeling faint, dizzy or light-headed; feeling very hot or very cold; sweating, trembling or shaking; feeling sick; chest and stomach pain; and struggling to breathe and shaking legs.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

She’s also hooked up to one of those monitors that tracks her heartbeat.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila