How to Use heartbeat in a Sentence
heartbeat
noun- The patient had a rapid heartbeat.
- I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat.
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One last check of the ears, the throat, the glands, the lungs, the heartbeat, and the you-know-whats.
— Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2023 -
In Ohio and it, the heartbeat bill would limit it to about six weeks.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023 -
The heartbeat of the man who received the first heart transplant.
— Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The clear blue sky went grey, then black, in what seemed like a few heartbeats.
— Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023 -
The rolling groove, the perfect rhythm, the heartbeat of this band is Flea in every way.
— Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2022 -
But the heartbeat of the show, says McClure, is the sound that provides rhythm and movement to the text.
— Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Hands raised and backs bent, the dancers moved as one — a visible heartbeat in the center of the hall.
— Kayla J. Dunn, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023 -
The idea with the music was world breaking and to give a soul heartbeat of Lucia.
— Callum McLennan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023 -
But the heartbeat, as Huber says, is still the teaching.
— Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2022 -
Clayton Kershaw, after all, is still the face of the franchise, the heartbeat of the team.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022 -
To follow the verbs in the poem alone—to have, to slurp, to make, to sound like, to eat—is to listen to the heartbeat of the poem.
— Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023 -
Besides that, Dre’s the heartbeat of our defense, Fred and him.
— Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024 -
But despite the hurt from the loss, Wolfe knows there are a lot of teams that would switch places with the Bulldogs in a heartbeat.
— J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2022 -
Look for signs in yourself such as a fast heartbeat or sweaty palms.
— Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 -
From these, the whales might be able to sense her heartbeat quickening.
— Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024 -
The chemistry between Clem and Kieran is the heartbeat of our film.
— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 May 2023 -
Willie Munson was the heartbeat of pool in Milwaukee for the last 60 years.
— Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023 -
Leading the charge as the heartbeat of the team is the crew chief: the eyes and ears of the day-to-day operations surrounding the team.
— Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Thus, there is great concern that the heartbeat of Hallyu will cease.
— Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 June 2022 -
But these two men had names, and souls, and heartbeats, and fingerprints.
— Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023 -
The rise and fall of the blue cyanotypes along the bottom reads, sweetly, like a charted heartbeat.
— Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 -
LaVine has been the heartbeat of the Bulls roster since he was acquired in a 2017 trade with the Timberwolves.
— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2022 -
But doctors said her fetus had a heartbeat and that Crain was fine to leave.
— ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024 -
The Titleist Ball Factory 3 is the heartbeat of the most famous brand name in golf.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022 -
Beth bought a fetal Doppler to listen to Star’s heartbeat.
— Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023 -
In a heartbeat, their season was over, falling to Scottsdale Saguaro 42-21 in the first round.
— Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2022 -
Through diligent film study, he’s become a force and the heartbeat of the Lions’ defense.
— Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024 -
Inside was a wall lined with screens showing the heartbeats of mothers about to deliver.
— Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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