- present tense form of pulse (3rd person singular).
pulses
Example Sentences
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The startup’s design creates all that energy by linking together 156 modules, or movable shipping container-sized machines, that each emit pulses of energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The experimental team, including PhD student Or Dobkowski, began by using microwave pulses to place the ultracold atoms into a quantum superposition.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
They are the internet's hidden highways - bundles of optical fibres on the ocean floor carrying data between continents as pulses of light.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A deep love of language pulses through Ms. Smith’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
