pulsate

We sense that everything is equally important; nothing enjoys pride of place; there’s no room where the architectural energy starts to pulsate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When a lower-mass star reaches the point where nuclear reactions in its core can no longer support it, the star becomes unstable and begins to pulsate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Death is in the air; after one dancer collapses, another starts to sway and quiver, holding her hands, fingers splayed, in front of her face and chest as they pulsate in and out.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

The paintings — they’re big — pulsate on the walls.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022

His eyes bulged, and blood vessels in his throat began to pulsate, until at length I lowered the jug.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

If the joy of running is missing from Ms. Cain’s book, it pulsates through Martin Dugard’s “The Long Run.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

But the contemporary allegory of patriarchal control over reproduction pulsates throughout, even as the film remains open to multiple readings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

It’s etched into the curves of the mountains, the rhythm of the ocean, the aroma of coffee and the beat of music that pulsates through the city.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

But the intoxicating strength of the show’s leading lady still pulsates throughout — even when, as is often the case with this concert stagings, Murphy had her book in hand for the dramatic scenes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

A sentence Etienne once read aloud returns: Even the heart, which in higher animals, when agitated, pulsates with increased energy, in the snail under similar excitement, throbs with a slower motion.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The arteries of the capital and other major cities pulsated with people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

His ballads on Canadian themes, including “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” pulsated with a love for the nation’s rivers and forests, which he explored on ambitious canoe trips far into the hinterlands.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

As music pulsated and his teammates, past and present, gathered at midcourt for tipoff, the former Laker sixth man and current Clipper starting point guard remained still, the only motionless person inside a sold-out arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

With each hit, each shot and every extra effort made to push the puck out of the defensive ends, both arenas pulsated under the din, but Edmonton’s seemed more thunderous.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2022

They pulsated with the love of all things alive, a powerful yearning that Sierra could taste.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

“Snow” is a middling pop number dressed up with a trebly pulsating synth, while “Bass Persuades Remixx” is a decent rework of the opening track, adding some sawtooth synths and switching up the percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Pushing through the glass double doors, I found every inch of the restaurant pulsating with some kind of sensory experience.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

In a pulsating contest albeit without Messi, the South Americans took the lead twice before Michael Owen struck two dramatic late goals to earn Sven-Goran Eriksson's England a 3-2 victory.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Vecna’s form is charred and the vines that compose his body can be seen pulsating like they are alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Swarms of flies buzzed overhead, pulsating with anticipation.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda