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 Driven by bold visuals, pulsating music, and minimal dialogue, The Substance delivers a lurid and merciless critique of society’s unsustainable beauty standards. Elissa Suh, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024 Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the pulsating sound coming from a speaker inside the spacecraft to Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, just days before it was set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot. Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024 For this album, Álvarez spent five years studying every aspect of the retro salsa sound, practicing at some of Bogotá’s pulsating neighborhood salsa clubs. Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 The device projects a pulsating blue light on the ceiling that starts as a dot and expands into a halo. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pulsate 
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  • But Harmony Korine’s latest marries a first-person perspective to a barrage of other visual noise on screen, including icons, pop-ups, picture-in-picture, and a chat overlay, all accompanied by a throbbing non-stop score by British producer Burial.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • The washboard-like texture provides a light massage with every step, which felt especially good on day three of my training plan when my soles were throbbing.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 13 Sep. 2024
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  • Their windows and tools in their garage often vibrate with the hum of machinery at the nearby well pad.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Silicone brushes are the safest to use but may not give you as deep of a clean as a vibrating brush.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Oct. 2024
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  • Hunter Coleman, Menlo School water polo: Coleman, a freshman, scored six goals, stole five passes and drew three exclusions as Menlo beat Santa Cruz 16-6 in the CCS quarterfinals.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The Smash’s men beat the Nitro’s men in three sets, and the women’s match between those two teams was set to begin at press time.
    Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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  • Stevens developed the pulsing keyboard part, changing the harmonic tuning on the third note of each 3/4-and-4/4 couplet in a way that created a gospel undertone.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The song starts with pulsing beats before chiming synths enter.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024

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“Pulsate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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