as in throb
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age
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Recent Examples of pulse
Merve Ceylan, Health, 11 Feb. 2025
Fortunately, this pulse of high flows caused no damage.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Rn, Health, 25 Dec. 2024
Of course, the city really comes alive in February, when Carnival celebrations draw millions of visitors to see the spectacle of parades and colorful costumes, all set to a pulsing samba beat.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Each pulse or lentil has different ratios of soluble and insoluble fibers.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 11 Feb. 2025
Fortunately, this pulse of high flows caused no damage.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
Some people may experience the clonus reflex, which is when a specific joint rhythmically pulses back and forth when it's flexed.
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Rn, Health, 25 Dec. 2024
Of course, the city really comes alive in February, when Carnival celebrations draw millions of visitors to see the spectacle of parades and colorful costumes, all set to a pulsing samba beat.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulse
Noun
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Against my temple, the feed from her tracker throbs like a second pulse.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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If the second season of Yellowjackets throbs with the same exhilarating brutality that drove the first, there is but one Greek god to thank.—
Sakhi Thirani,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Australia beat their oldest rivals by five wickets in their Champions Trophy group game at Lahore on Saturday.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Spencer pulls the big guy off Luca and beats the rapist into submission with his belt.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just before the beating begins, the camera leaves the boy’s perspective and moves behind him; viewers see the back of his head and shoulders.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025
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Former President Biden took a public beating from Trump and his supporters after it was revealed Biden's son and brother profited off his name and actions.—
Axios,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In sumptuously vibrating chords in the first movement of Schubert’s Fantasy, Olafsson’s touch was a little wetter and more muted, Wang’s percussive and as coolly etched as a polygraph.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Even the film’s basic exposition, showing Anna working in Klaus’s household and receiving her fateful instructions from Hansen, is richly suggestive of the turmoil vibrating beneath the orderly domestic surface.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To gauge whether the blood vessel pulsations propel glymphatic flow, the researchers stimulated the area of the mouse brain that produces the neurotransmitter, artificially speeding up the pulses from every 50 seconds to every 10.—
ByMitch Leslie,
science.org,
8 Jan. 2025
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Anyone could see its pulsation in the swelling and ebbing cluster of people who took minutes or hours from a crowded day, who missed meals and forwent their customary amusements to keep a chilly vigil with a mother duck who was bringing forth her young.—
Chris Foran,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2024
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“Pulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulse. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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