palpitating

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They’ve mastered human collaboration, and it’s evident all through their palpitating 13-1 tour of a season festooned with narrow escapes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

“I’m sweating and my heart’s palpitating and all those things because I’m conditioned to be in that environment and go perform,” Baldwin said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

“The crowd went berserk. Just for the occasion, we brought in EMTs who were standing by in case someone's heart started palpitating a little bit too quickly.”

From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2020

That we are all of us individual moving dots, part of the same involuntary palpitating life, crisscrossing as we walk the streets.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2019

Once a jutka almost ran us over...the driver just managed to pull up the horse and while we stood palpitating he leaned from his seat, irate and frightened, to shout at us.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya