pitapat

Example Sentences

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It was when the comandante, Don Señor el Coronel Encarnacion Rios, looked upon the little saint seated in the shop and felt his heart go pitapat.

From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.

"Three times and out," he whispered as the boys' hearts went pitapat.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

Awguan, top horse and foreman of Stanley's mount, swung pitapat down the winding pass at a brisk fox trot.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

And though Widow Precious felt her heart go pitapat at first sight of another Mrs. Mordacks, she made up her mind, with a gulp, not to let this cash go to the Thornwick.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes pitapat at the very sight of you!"

From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd