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pulsate

[puhl-seyt] / ˈpʌl seɪt /


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They tore through cornfields like earthbound locusts, making the stalks pulsate as if buffeted by a strong wind.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

The director allows her protagonist’s pain to protract and pulsate without narrative fuss; even scenes of turmoil unspool with a deliberate delicacy.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

The flute solo made the hall pulsate with a full life of its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

The first rung—that is, the one concerning the nearest cosmic objects—relies on geometric parallax to determine the distance to special stars called Cepheid variables, which pulsate in proportion to their intrinsic luminosity.

From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2022

It seemed to pulsate in a rhythm as faint and uneven as that of the wind.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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