How to Use pulse in a Sentence

pulse

1 of 2 noun
  • But the two of them, like the movie, rarely get our pulse racing.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
  • The music is good enough, and her sound has been the pulse of pop for years.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Once a pulse was regained, she had been moved to the second floor of the ICU.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024
  • Her husband was slumped over in his car and had no pulse.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Patients hold the device to the back of the head to send a magnetic pulse.
    By Allison Horton, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • A little bit on the pulse points and say hello to your best smelling self.
    Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And not only an artist, but also just a guy with a pulse.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The 2024 elections will be the crucial next pulse check in this regard.
    Martin Reeves, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Doc talk Distal pulse The pulse farthest from the heart, such as the wrist or ankle.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The opening 30 seconds of the four-minute track pulse with chanting, the crackle of snares, the thump of bass drums and the thick roar of horns.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The first deputy who arrived on the scene found Rodney’s body warm but without a pulse.
    Molly Langmuir, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Add butter, and pulse until pea-size pieces form, 10 to 12 times.
    Joseph Lee, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Add butter, and pulse until butter is the size of peas, about 15 times.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Still, a great hook, clear rules, and vision with a pulse can bring all the chills and thrills needed to keep you up at night.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The pulse of rent parties appears as percussion beneath much of the art of the time.
    Debra Kamin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The researchers were looking for those pulses to change.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2023
  • And some guys that pulse needs to be really relaxed and low.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • While the defense had some issues in the final weeks of the season, the Vikings finally had a pulse on that side of the ball.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But these stinky carcasses send a massive pulse of food to scavengers in the soil.
    Celia Ford, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
  • All while continuing to keep a finger on the pulse of Hip-Hop.
    Bonsu Thompson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • These pulses are on the scale of the attosecond—a billionth of a billionth of a second.
    Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Her work focuses on the pulse of the modern rhythms of Latinidad, arts and culture.
    Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The taiga’s pulse of winter freeze and summer thaw grinds rock into dust, as do the rasp-tongues of glaciers high in some mountains.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 2 May 2024
  • Symptoms can range from dizziness to a rapid pulse depending on the ailment, the guide notes.
    The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • But the Sentinel reported the girl did not have a pulse and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Add remaining 3 cups corn and pulse twice to just combine.
    Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
  • The knocking pulse of the song and airy background vocals belie its melancholy.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • My pulse quickened, and sweat poured from my forehead, burning my eyes.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Forty-two minutes after the first 911 call, the man was already on ECMO and had regained his pulse.
    Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Medics detected a weak pulse and took him to JPS Hospital.
    Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
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pulse

2 of 2 verb
  • The city pulses with life.
  • He could feel the blood pulsing through his veins.
  • Dance music pulsed from the speakers.
  • Times Square has been at once the pulsing heart of New York and an open sore.
    Edward Kosner, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The kidney flushed pink with blood and began to pulse with life.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Start by pulsing the almonds a few times to break them up.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • Add the flour and pulse the mixer a few times, just until the risk of flying flour has passed.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • To make the galette dough, place the flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to blend.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
  • What moves Enea is the need to feel life pulsing within him.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The lights can even be set to pulse with music, which is a neat party trick.
    Dallas News, 12 May 2022
  • Soft bread crumbs: Make these from fresh white bread, pulsed in the food processor.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In a food processor, pulse the garlic clove and pine nuts till a coarse paste forms.
    Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Add the gelatin mixture to the blender and pulse a few times to combine. Divide the mixture among six (6- to 8-ounce) ramekins or jars.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Place the flour, salt and sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 May 2021
  • And even with a few missteps along the way, that joy pulses through Bob Fosse's Dancin'.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Add the heavy cream, pulse a few times and then process until thickened, about 30 seconds.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Process or pulse the crust-less pieces into coarse crumbs in a food processor or blender.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Keep processing to your taste, pulsing less for a coarse pesto, more for a smooth one.
    The View, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The one-button interface is sleek—push quickly to pulse, or push and hold to blend and liquify.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In the front of the banquet hall, the line morphs into a large circle that pulses along with the music as the girls jump up and down and clap to the beat of the drums.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Toasted hazelnuts or almonds pulsed in with the grahams give the crust even more depth.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Even in the context of the pulsing neon goat rodeo of the Vegas Strip, this was a sensory assault.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But the mood along a Hollywood city block on Wednesday pulsed more as a party.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • As night descends, hundreds of the pulsing bugs will drive through the foliage in a fluid mass.
    Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Add the flour mixture to the food processor and pulse 5-6 times until combined.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Drizzle olive oil over the mixture, and pulse six more times or until a coarse mixture forms.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In the video, the artist presents herself dancing to pulsing club music in a number of guises.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Add the honey, coconut oil, cornstarch and salt and continue to pulse a few more times.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This shiatsu massager has three types of motion: kneading, rolling, and pulsing.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The closeness of spirit to wind, the conviction that there is a pulsing life in the world that can make even dead things get up and boogie: All that begins in Genesis, genealogically speaking.
    Francis Spufford, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024

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