as in to throb
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the heart muscle pulsates regularly to pump blood

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Recent Examples of pulsate Attention is paid to sound as well as to visuals, and Flying Lotus’ score is excellent, a head-nodding blend of pulsating rhythms, abrasive noise, and atmospheric synths. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025 As pulsating techno music filled the room, which was bathed in red light (a reference to Lynch), models came out of cubicles wearing what looked like a blend of underwear and eveningwear. Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025 The team aims to better understand why some auroras flicker, others pulsate and others appear to have holes. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 25 Jan. 2025 The festival’s Meet Street marketplace turned Port Royal into a buzzing culinary hotspot, where over 60 vendors served up a fusion of street food classics and cocktails with artisans selling their fare against the backdrop of pulsating rhythms at Jamaica’s historic Port Royal. Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulsate
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Verb
  • Migraines commonly cause dizziness, nausea, throbbing pain on one side of the head and increased sensitivity to light.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Wrist and arm pain: Carpal tunnel syndrome causes throbbing or burning pain in the wrists, certain fingers, and hands.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • The shock of the President Trump tariffs still vibrates through the world.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The vibrating bar also assists with lymphatic drainage, ably contouring, defining, and depuffing the face.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Simply pulse in batches until pistachios are a powder.
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
  • By the following day, Monaco starts to pulse with anticipation.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Pulsate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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